I took this photo for a painting I wanted to do. The idea was to use a common feature of nature to depict a much larger phenomena. In this case when I unfocused my eyes, the darkness combined with the specks of gold and the bright white flare, made me think of the creation of a star. The painting is not yet finished but now that I have uploaded the inspiration, I'll probably go back and complete what I started. I never intended this photo to be anything other then inspiration and reference for my work. Who knew? it can't hurt to enter it in the Macro show, so here it is.