Mike, the lighting has a lot to do with capturing DR's true colors. I chose to use flash in the first photo even though it was morning light. Here is the same flower in full sunlight at high noon, no flash. There is a lot of light and the black edges blur into the red. But the red is more fiery and bight when actually it looks more like the first photo. Still, the bloom is pretty, just different. So, I guess it depends on how your want to portray your bloom.
