Peonies

This morning, I photographed peonies in my back yard. In order to capture rich colours, I experimented with the EV settings on my camera.

The first image was taken with ISO 200 and -.3 EV setting. The second image was cropped from the first in order to emphasize the shapes and colours of the petals.

The third image was cropped from a photo of another flower on the same plant. The lighting on the petals is much different and they appear much brighter.