Amaryllis in Focus

Daughter Lorna besides conspiring with her mother to get me a new camera for Christmas, gave us an amaryllis bulb.   Today, the two came together to produce this spectacular picture, with minimal help from me:

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The camera is a Nikon DS3200 and I am getting used to it.   You do have to tell it what to focus on - in this case the flower rather than the trees.   Everything else it works out for itself.   Brilliant.