Two weeks ago, they were still baby flowers, now they are blooming right before the Chinese New Year.

Since the flower is in 3D ball-shape, it is challenging to control the depth of field to take a good picture. (Part of the flower are not sharp and the background is not blur enough. )  I did not use my semi-pro camera to take this photo but I used my mobile phone.  It is heavily edited with adjusted contrast, saturation, brightness and sharpness.  However, I made it as natural as possible.

1.  Increase Contrast - To darken the background, and lighten the flower.

2.  Increase Saturation - To make it more “colourful”.  The green looks more green instead of grayish mood.

3.  Reduce Brightness - To Emphasis on the flower and make the background more unnoticeable.

4.  Increase Sharpness - To correct the unfocused part of the flower.

5.  Cropping.

With these steps, I turned a bad photo into an “acceptable” photo.

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The flowers can sense that the spring is coming (although there is no 4-seasons here), and they celebrate Chinese New Year as well.  :D