Cosmos bipinnatus 'Purity', single flower showing the yellow stamens in sharp focus, seen against a soft focus background.

Cosmos bipinnatus 'Purity', close up showing white petals partly in focus.

Cosmos bipinnatus 'Rose Picotee' showing its curled striped petals.

Cosmos bipinnatus, side view of a single deep red flower of against its soft focus feathery foliage.

Columbine, Aquilegia vulgaris, Close view of pale pink sharp focus flower with others on the stem soft behind, Staffordshire, England.

Anemone 'Wild Swan' close view from side showing stamen and grey-blue streak on the underside of the white petals.

Anemone 'Wild Swan' close view from side showing stamen and grey-blue streak on the underside of the white petals.

Anemone 'Wild Swan' close view from side showing stamen and grey-blue streak on the underside of the white petals.

Japanese anemone and Anemone hupehensis var. japonica. A single flower with buds of flower stem leaning across towards a flower that has shed its petals, shot against a soft focus background of other...

Globeflower, Trollius chinensis, yellow flower showing stamens and stigma.

Globeflower, Trollius chinensis, yellow flower showing stamens and stigma.

Globeflower, Trollius chinensis, yellow flower showing stamens and stigma against a solid black background.

Hellebore, Helleborus x hybridus 'Double Ellen Red', backlit showing mottling on the petals.

Geranium 'Dusky Rose' just opening and to the right hand edge of the frame.

Geranium 'Dusky Rose' with a second one just behind.

Fuschia, two red and white flowers side by side on a white reflective background.

Snake's head fritillary, Fritillaria meleagris, single stem with multiple flowers on it.

Snake's head fritillary, Fritillaria meleagris, single stem bent over so the flower is turned away, low sun backlight picks up the checkerboard pattern on the petals.

Pale apricot yellow Coneflower, Echinacea purpurea 'Harvest Moon'.

Ox-eye daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare, black & white with a feather on a petal, flower hanging down touching the surface of the water it is reflected in.

Waterlily type dahlia close up showing petals.

Globeflower, Trollius chinensis, black and white flower showing stamens and stigma, against a solid black background.

Double shirley poppy, Papaver rhoeas, a black and white shot against a black background.

Rose, Rosa, red flower with a white stripe on one petal against a dark red background. the rose has a flattened, dried appearance.