Competition entry: Painted Dutch Tulip
Painted Dutch Tulip by Brian Narveson
2022 April Competition - A Creative
28 points - Voted Acc.
Judges' comments:
Lovely flower; nice composition; effect seems more prominent in the background
Maker's notes:

This image was shot during a trip to the Netherlands during tulip season.  The cameras (Canon 60D) was handheld with an 18-135mm zoom lens set to119mm.  Camera was in Aperture Priority mode set to f/16, ISO-800, which resulted in a shutter speed of 1/200 second.  Editing was done in Lightroom and Photoshop CC.  The Oil Painting filter was used make it look painted.