Stone Flowers

My dad told me that what makes a good picture is the background--it's something you may not pay much attention to when you are taking the picture because you are so focused on the subject, but when you go back and look at the picture later you're looking at the whole thing. The background in this picture was another "happy accident". I was focused on the flowers, but when I was looking through my pictures later I was struck by how great the background is.