Flowers in Winter

As I've mentioned before, this winter is leaving me uninspired. The best way to deal with it? Ignore it! (Okay, probably not, but it did make for a nice picture in this case.)

What I like: The way the flowers and leaves fill the frame. The bold purple and green that say HERE!

What I don't like: The background is way too over-exposed. Dealing with a dark subject against a bright window with snow reflecting the light like crazy led to a lot of trickiness. Either the flowers were too dark or the background was too bright. Obviously, I preferred the latter outcome to the former, since this is the picture you are seeing.

1/60 sec Exposure, aperture 4.0, 800 ISO, 0 exposure bias, auto white balance. (Yes, I've changed the order of these to reflect the order they show up in Flickr. It's just easier that way.)