Hibiscus

Hibiscus
Originally uploaded by randubnick.

Today as I was heading into the grocery store, I saw hibiscus plants outside. I loved the color against the brick, so I stopped to take a picture with my phonecam. (Seeing hibiscus makes me smile because we used to have a big hibiscus tree which we called Junior and schlepped around the country when we moved.) Once I loaded the image into my computer, I cropped it to focus on the flower, and corrected the brightness to restore the color of the brick, which was too light and looked washed out. It is hard to ignore hibiscus, and I am glad that I didn't even try.