Agave Glow

This is a backlit agave. Had to shade the lens to prevent flare, though failed in this endeavor in a few frames.

I like how the sharp edge projections on the leaves are both black and white at different parts of the plant. This wasn't noticed when I was taking the image, but I like it in the print.

This image if focus-blended for DOF (6 images). It's also "Clarity" blended with the lighter values having decreased clarity to give the sense of glow and the darker values having increased clarity to give a sense of texture.

Your thoughts would, as always, be appreciated.

Nikon 5D2 (oops, Canon 5D2), 28-300 lens @ 300, f/16, 0.5 sec.