tulip again

I do love the way they catch the light, especially when they are wide open and just about to fall apart.  

I entered another tulip image into my camera club and the judge was very complimentary but scored low as the front petal was out of focus. I thought I would have a go at photo stacking but I don't appear to have the right software, so here is the image that had the sharpest focus on front. 

The stem was overexposed so I painted it a bit too...