Bellancanda
by carofo

Comment:
Very unique looking flower. Good composition too.

Bull's-eye
by drydoc

Comment:
As a rule of thumb, barring some creative decision, you don't want to overexpose areas that contain details (think white flower petal (no) versus reflections on a chrome bumper (yes)).

Flower petals look in focus to me, though I see you added a pretty heavy dose of sharpening in post. Slow shutter speed for the focal length of that lens if you were working at the 250mm end of it. Just thinking out loud regarding your focus concerns.

Yellow Flower
by cogerox

Comment:
The dof and the lighting impart a very ethereal feel to this which is quite pleasing.

03-Floral-IMG_3406.jpg
by JerseyGenie

Comment:
Looks pretty cool. The overlay imparts this sense of the mechanical to the spiky plant.

Coriander flower and seeds
by carofo

Comment:
I like the rough looking border, how did you make it?

TULIP - Day 3 - Original
by sherpet

Comment:
Love the subtle shifts in the red hue.

5255 Tulip
by pixelpig

Comment:
This almost looks like one of the pictures of galaxies that the astronomy crowd likes to post.

2.jpg
by ivale28

Comment:
Good exposure of a very pretty flower.

Anemone XII
by banmorn

Comment:
Great colors and super detail. Quite a striking shot.

TWIRL Blur - Day 2
by sherpet

Comment:
This is very abstract, which certainly works for me. A technique you could experiment with that you might like is to take one shot of the flower, then take a second shot but overexpose it and purposely change the focus so the second shot is completely out of focus. Mix the two images in photoshop and you get a really nice glowing shot. Just thought it might look nice with these bright orange subjects,