That's a stunningly beautiful shot, Jerry.
Your camera work is simply incredible. How do you pick your cameras? Weren't you using a Nikon a while back? (I'm still not a fan of parasitic pesky plants like Trumpet creepers which belong in the woods and not near the house, even if it is on the computer).

Well, thanks. I pick my cameras by asking my son Mike, a photographer. In this case a Nikon D70, shooting at f9 and 1/1250 with a Sigma 70-300 zoom lens.

This doesn't look much like my mother's peonies, now in full bloom.

Give her Photoshop for Christmas.