The Madding Crowd is a relatively new photo, fairly recently re-worked. It's probably one of the odder titles I've chosen for a picture, but it's partly tongue-in-cheek. I can imagine some of my friends here who dislike how I change the colors on things, finding this photo maddening. I enjoy looking at these orchid "mouths" -- their shapes and how they form a little tower or crowd. However, in their natural white they just don't do much for me. But color inverted and then fussed with a wee bit more, well, then they really pop. Of course, those aforesaid friends would say that pop is annoying. Ah well, that's why there's chocolate and vanilla ice cream! Or as my family used to say, everyone to their own taste said the old woman as she kissed the cow.

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