Wild Blue Phlox Blossom

A wild blue phlox blossom fills the frame with its five lobes splayed outward. The lobes are pale lilac with a ring of darker purple speckling around a small orange-yellow center, lit by soft diffuse daylight and recorded as an extreme close-up with shallow depth of field. Fine radial veins on the lobes and tiny pollen grains on the anthers are visible in the center.