pink focus

[siddhi jain]

hey I am Siddhi Jain from Delhi,India..have been doing 'click' photography since a lot of years but have moved on to dslr quite recently.I would really appreciate if anyone would like to critique on my photos coz i really want to learn the nuances of photography.
thanks....

photo details:

camera:canon Eos digital rebel xsi 450 D
F-stop-f/5.6
exposure time: 1/80 sec
iso speed-200
focal length- 49 mm

[miyukisarah]

I like the composition and the colors but your focus is off on the flowers.

[siddhi jain]

thanks miyukisrah for your comment.. i think i should have increased my depth of field so as to focus on flower more...hey do you think the blob of pink in left hand bottom corner is distracting??

[franky]

Hi,
Welcome to DPS,
I agree about the focus on the flower... but i'm not sure the problem is the aperture, at f/5.6, it suppose to be ok. Did you take this shot handheld? At that speed (1/80) it's pretty hard to not shake a bit... Personally, I would crop a little bit at left, just to get rid of the pink spot at the bottom left.
Only my opinion!!
I wish you a nice day!

[siddhi jain]

hey thanks so much Francois for your comments and your wishes....and you are right this shot was handheld..maybe thats why it was out of focus-this didnt occur to me earlier.
you too have a good day!
siddhi