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Orbea variegata (8)
mayo66 (38)
See http://mrbrownthumb.blogspot.com/2007/08/orbea-variegata-starfish-cactus-toad.html for detailed information on this flower.

See photo details at http://www.flickr.com/photos/yoel_yaron/272236439/meta/
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mayo66 (38)
background fuzz
Edited by:snaphappy Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 446 W: 123 N: 516] (5464)
i made a duplicate layer with just the flower selection. used a clone brush to eliminate the edges of the flower and a gausian blur at 20% to blur this layer i merged the original flower and cropped the image added a top border of black and smudged the tip and background into it to give more space and to create a shallow dof look.