Star Gazer Lilly

[brbeall3]

Does this one hold interest? And, overall thoughts?

Thanks.

[RexK_Cozumel]

My favorite type of flower.... curious as to why you decided to chop off the petals? Also the second bloom in the background is distracting to me.

[caine22]

Nice flower, very vivid coloring. I think the framing is fine, but what aperture did you use? For macro like this I would suggest your largest aperture (smallest Av number) and use your max zoom. This would get more of a blur for your background to make it less distracting and draw the focus to the sharpest part of the image.

[WooD]

I shot a flower a while back that I think is the same kind of flower, at least thats what my wife calls them.

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[brbeall3]

Hello -

How does this one look now? I removed the background clutter.

Also, I took a closeup shot (...curious as to why you decided to chop off the petals?) so that I could try something different by getting a very close view of the flower.

I just downloaded Paint Shop Pro X2. A very good program.

Thank you.

[cjaegel@hotmail.com]

My only complaint is the fore shadow. Might be a good one to reshoot if you have the flower available.