Golden Dahlia

Sometimes the nicest images grow right in front of you. This is a cultivated dahlia plant growing in a planter box on our deck. This picture was taken in 2013 from my first DSLR, a Canon Rebel T2i with an 18-55mm f/3.5 kit lens. As such the image is a tiny bit soft but I think that adds to the image; a glowing golden dahlia with few hard edges.