The leaves are.... magnificent... so organic.. the seem allmost moist.. very much alive. The composition is OK i think, if a bit static. Hard to explain... hmm.. it feels as if I either want to see more or less.

The bad part tho is, to me, that the entire center thing isn't in focus. I realize that to get that you'd have to have more light, slower shutterspeed and I have no idea whether that would be possible but it would bring a lot to the photo if the entire center... thing (sorry have no idea what it is called) was as sharp as the leaves.

Best regards

Thanks treehuggerish for the comment. This was taken at a wedding yesterday and there were other flowers overlapping this one, so the wider compo's that I shot were a bit cluttered. I did think about showing this capture with a tighter crop, but I felt like cropping it thigher diminished the great dimensionality of this subject. Which, BTW, is enhanced by the relatively narrow DoF. If the whole image was in sharp focus it would not feel as dimensional. The center part, BTW, is the sharpest, it is the tallest stamen and the higher parts of the petals that are out of focus, by design.

Clyde,

Well done! Must have been a great wedding:-)

Cheers,
Jon

Or was it really that great of a wedding if you are shooting the flowers? Lol just kidding.
Great shot.
I really like the red color and it really says a lot to me!

Just clicked off a couple before the wedding party walked in, thanks guys for your comments!!

ce rouge velouté et luisant est superbe.