orange amaryllis ...

[apphoto08]

 

[Trenton Romulox]

It's blurry and the background is rather distracting. What was the shutter speed on this?

 

[ddailey320]

I am by means an expert, but in my opinion~ Would be a great picture if the focus was tack sharp. Also finding that goldish circle thing in the top left corner a bit distracting. Beautiful flower though!

 

[astrostu]

I agree with Trenton. Also, one problem with photographing flowers from the top-down (FYI) is that there will be two different focus points - one for the stamen and pistil and another for the petals. So you need to choose one or the other to focus on, choose a different angle, or use a very small aperture.

 

[apphoto08]

yeah - that was a brass chandelier in our dining room that got caught in the background. thanks for the feedback!

 

[apphoto08]

thanks astrostu - that is really helpful!