thanks guys!
there is a lot of haze so that does come through. there really is no distortion, it is the flowers leaning in that way, take a loot the outer edges and the background near the edges it's straight. I just was lucky to find the flowers in this pattern.
the extra saturation is nice, it makes the shot look more like one than two, as james points out.
Thanks again, I 'm going to print this one at 40" and see how it comes out. . .
Tony