Cornus Kousa Satomi.

One of my favourite plants, this Cornus variety grows in my front garden as a bush. In May/June, when this was taken, it has these lovely pink bracts that last for ages. Its big brother in the back garden is white.

Thank you for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the pretty pink :) Happy Friday Flora!

[Handheld in daylight, after a rain shower.
Developed in DxO Photolab 2 with very little adjustment to the colour (would you believe?). Local adjustments on the centre of the main flower to liift it a bit.
Processed in Affinity Photo reducing the saturation and vibrancy.
Dodge and Burn using a dark grey-filled layer above in Overlay blend mode. This darkened everything considerably.
I then masked this D&B layer and painted the darkening effect out using a soft brush with low Fill around the main flower. This was all to create some tonal relief in the picture.
Finally a soft dark vignette and we are done :)]

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Make:	NIKON CORPORATION
Model:	NIKON Z 6
Exposure:	0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture:	f/7.1
ISO Speed:	250
Focal Length:	105 mm
Lens:	105mm f/2.8