Playing-Around in JD’s Garden

I was thinking about that old photographic axiom that you can only get great landscape and nature photographs during the “golden hours.”  I decided to test that theory around noon a few days ago.  I saw this Iris and tried to do something with it.

Here, I overexposed the image by about 2 EVs.   The very top of the flower is blown-out but I think that helps add to the effect that I was trying to get.   To enhance the abstract feeling of the flower, I shot the flower slightly out of focus.
What do you think?

Enjoy.

Camera settings:  Nikon D3x, Nikon 24-70mm f/1.4 at ISO 100, f/2.8 and with shutter speeds 1/1000^th of second.

Post Processing:  

Lightroom 4—cropped photo into a square, reduced clarity and added vibrance.