Stamen of the Lilly

[miniwakka1]

New to flower photography - dont know if i've isolated the main subject correctly, colour ? - Lighting ? . All critique welcome. Shot on manual - 1/60th sec @ f5.6 at 200mm against a black core background. I know flowers should be shot with natural light, but its now 7.30 pm and no daylight so used diffused speedlight to cameras left on 1/3rd power.

[Ellric]

Hi!

I like this photo! Love what you have done with the black background! the colors do pop! good work with the speedlight too!
I would have composed the image differently... i would have put the stamen to the right edge of the image and tilted it more (from left to right) but thats just me!

cheers!

[theArchitect]

Flowers are really hard to shoot because it's difficult to get a different take on them to everything else that's out there.

I think this is a good attempt, nicly isolated and exposed.

My suggestions would be to check the white balance as to me it seems a little on the warm side. It might also be worth trying to get the pollen off the petals before you shoot as it's a bit distracting. You could also try a different composition - you could get down low or try a super close up shot.