A Rose Is Rose

[dirtracer1]

I am new to taking landscape photos and I would like to have some honest opinions. Thanks for any feedback I get.
D3000
Aperture Mode
18-55mm F3.5-5.6g
55mm- ISO 100
!/15s-F/25
No Tripod

[flytyer57]

Looking at this picture and telling myself what I would have done differently, a couple things come to mind.

1) I would have taken the picture from a lower angle.

2) Since there is no real background for this shot, I would have totally removed the background and replaced it with a solid color or something along that line.

[narmour]

Am I reading this right that you used an aperture of f25? if this is the case, a lower value (around f3-5) would give an attractive background blur which makes the flower stand out. I agree with the previous comment about getting lower down so that it's not such an overhead view.