I like the colours, and I think the focus is quite good. The composition looks a bit busy to me on the right hand side. I wonder if moving around with your camera so that you get a cleaner background (or a good out of focus background) would help.
Lovely shot! The white looks almost sugar frosted. I'd prefer this without the other bud in the background too (as someone else mentioned). Excellent detail work and great job not blowing out the whites. I can never get good white flower pictures.
Nice DOF, lighting, and detail, and I like the angle of the main flower in the frame. I agree with everyone about losing the dead flower on the right; I tend to push things out of the way or move myself to a slightly different angle so the unwanted bit is less obvious when shooting if I can. Much easier than fixing it in PP!
Nice photo of a white flower and the detail on the stamen is lovely. I have a difficult time with those. Maybe you could clone out the bud in the background with sky color???
I find this very appealing- it's a good point of view and the center is very sharp . I do agree that the dead bloom in back would be better off gone but you are in a natural setting and did not alter it and this I respect.
one thing I like to do when I am not totally thrilled with a background is to crop and feature just a part of a flower. The sharpness you have here would lend itself well to a close crop around the stamen (?) area and inclusion of some of the white petals & the stamen shadows to add another dimension & offset the lovely yellow. I am VERY new to this art, but what I love about Macro is getting to see the DETAILS we so frequently miss with our eyes. It's nice to give your viewer a treat.
Looking forward to seeing more of your work!
~Anni
I like that there is still detail in the petals and the center is in focus. The sky provides a nice background. (There is a bit of a halo where the petals meet the sky but I can't make any suggestions on what to do about it.) As to composition, in my opinion--which doesn't necessarily mean much--the bud in the background is distracting, and I think the flower should be facing into the shot. Nice start for the challenge.
Nice job on the flower. Whites are generally difficult to do well and still keept the detail that you have. I do find the other dead flower seen through the petals somewhat distracting though, but that's JMO. A shorter DOF may have blurred it more into the background. Overall a nice shot.
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