The traditional iris bulbs I planted in fall are all opening now and they are so pretty and varied in color! Pure white, white with yellow throats like this one, blue with yellow throats, and I think there will be pure yellow ones as well and maybe others! Such a lovely show! Here I tried to capture the morning sun glowing through one of the petals with the rest of the flower fading away into bokeh. It was fun trying to get this picture just right, from what I visualized and then trying different angles and exposures to get the effect that I was after. It's wonderful to slowly learn how to get what I'm hoping for!

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (born 15 October 1931) usually referred to as Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, is an Indian scientist and administrator who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. Kalam was born and raised in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, studied physics at the St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli, and aerospace engineering at the Madras Institute of Technology (MIT), Chennai. Wikipedia: Abdul Kalam