First, I would like to apologize for taking so long to acknowledge your comments and suggestions. I had to take my laptop to a repair shop for a damaged power jack. The repairs only took one day but the damaged jack corrupted my hard drive and I had to "reset my PC". I have been fighting unsuccesfully with Windows 10 ever since to get it to recognize that I am connected to a network.
Thank you all for your comments, they are gratefuly appreciated. I do agree with Ted and Dan that the background is a bit too bright as I was shooting directly into my light source. Here is a revised version where I dropped the exposure in PP:
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John, Mike is right, the green is the actual colour of the tulip.
Mike, thanks for your comments and I don't mind if my posting generate side technical, or other, discussions. As far as I am concerned it is all to the good.
André