Smile 77/100 Carnation

It seems like I rarely ever see carnations in bloom from the ground. I love them, even though they don't smell much, because they are such a long lasting flower.

I used to buy small bouquets of them at Costco because they would last weeks and pretty things up. Now I have a hard time finding little bouquets of just carnations.

I took this picture in the afternoon sun with my Fuji Finepix at a fundraiser we were attending. I didn't use the flash but I did have the macro enabled. I edited the image in GIMP 2.6 for color and light balance and then added the fuzzy border.
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