Ok, looking at the picture. Go to the spot where yellow parts are next to the white stem. If you look at that junction you will see some of the yellow ones are in focus and the ones in front and in back are not. This is due to the depth of field problem. At 30mm focal length and a aperture of f/5.6 your depth of field is about 1/8th of an inch deep. So everything in that plane is in focus. Everything in front of and behind is out of focus. If you stop down to f/11 or even farther and slow your shutter speed down to get proper exposure your depth of field will deepen and more of the flower will be in focus.
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Nikon D40, D90, Fuji Finepix S5100, Mamiya RB67,
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