I was cruising thru your portfolio and came across this image. It is exquisite. The composition combined with the careful balance of light and shadow simply draws me right into the sensual curves of the flower. Do bees fall in love with roses? It is at once forthrightly photographic but there is a painterly quality to the petal texture. I agree with the comment about Georgia O'Keeffe. There is a lot of Imogene Cunningham's Lilies here too. Nice work, it is one of the best floral images I have ever seen. And it's in b&w too, what a bonus.