Whipped And Windswept ...

Rain and cold wind. Not that good for the tulips in full bloom in the backyard. They still stand erect, but are damaged. Nevertheless the color is yet beautiful so they are the flowers for this flower Friday, so kindly hosted by BikerBear for such a long period. Thank you so much!

For who's interested in some technique:
It's a high dynamic range picture from three the same recordings with each a different exposere. I used a AF DC-Nikkor lens of 135mm with defocus image control. You can choose  defocus in your image where you want it. For this picture I chose soft focus on the object.