Picture of the Week – 6/27/2011

I took this picture of an amaryllis flower in bright shade on my front porch.  The day was very bright and sunny, and while the front porch of my house was shaded, the lighting was bright and even.  I hung a piece of black felt cloth over the porch railing to act as a backdrop and set the flower pot on the porch in front of it.  With the camera on a tripod, I moved in close enough to have only the flower, a bud, some green leaves and the black background in the picture.