I treated myself to a bouquet of flowers to cheer up my home working desk at the start of the new year. It included some lovely roses and lilies, but it was the Antique Carnations that really caught the attention of me and my camera lens. The frilly edges and gorgeous colour transitions were a joy to photograph. I probably should have taken a little more time to set up some better lighting.

While I was editing the photos above, I started playing around with this image – boosting some of the adjustments – and I really like where it ended up.