I braved the heat this morning and spent a couple of hours looking for something with impact. I eventually picked this lily and managed to isolate it it from its surroundings with a little help. The bee was a bonus.
The Lotus and the Bee
To isolate this as shown, I did a quick select of the lily in Photoshop CS6, inverted the selection to give me the surround and then added a curves layer mask to darken (multiply) the surround.
I sprinkled some magic “glow dust” and sharpened for web. Hey presto. It pops quite nicely.
Thanks for visiting.
All downhill from here 
“Impact”… yes, you’ve got it here !
Love it, Andrew! Wow!
Thanks Yael 🙂
¡Que belleza!
Lovely photo! You are a quick learner of Photoshop I see. Nicely done
Very nice Andrew. And your PS technique is obviously pretty good because i find it hard to tell.
Thanks Kaushal – I’m making progress….. slowly.