In our front yard is a "young" Southern Magnolia, aka Sweet Bay Magnolia tree. On that tree are large, thick, shiney green leaves that are the base for beautiful, large, creamy white, fragrant flowers that bloom for only one day, and then they begin to shrivel and eventually the dainty white petals turn brown and fall to the ground. Once the petals fall, the center cone continues to grow and produces bright red fruit and kidney-shaped seeds that feed fires and other small animals. One day I decided to take pictures of one of the flowers on a lower branch and ultimately chose this close up that shows the stamen or cone and the very delicate, cupped, white petals. In those petals, one can see the "veins" of the petal. It was a windy day, and any wind will sway the branches on this tree, so I took quite a few photographs that turned out blurry, but took my time and ultimately snapped this one. This photo was taken with my Canon PowerShot A590 IS camera. ISO 80, 5.8 mm, f/4, at 1/200 seconds.