A sun flower shot

[mohitdaksh]

Hello, This is my first post in this forum from my first ever digital camera. I am not a very good photographer and really the urge to learn good photography started from this forum. I am not sure if this picture is even worth posting here. But I will do it anyways

Please give me tips and any thing you think I should know.

I like to take pictures of flowers and landscapes and want to know how to improve myself.

This is an unprocessed shot

Camera Model: Canon PowerShot SX130 IS
Exposure Time: 1/125 sec.
Aperture Value: 4.97 EV (f/5.6)
ISO Speed Rating: 400
Focal Length: 60.0 mm

[windrider86]

Would you mind posting here for us? Please and thank you

[mohitdaksh]

Sorry, should have read the FAQs properly..

[NgaiHill]

Nice shot, you've got decent lighting on the flower although the colours look a little flat. Try tweaking the levels in Photoshop (if you have it), or boosting the saturation a little in whatever program you do have. The brown thing behind the flower on the right and then the space behind it are a little distracting. I would try cropping the right hand side to the edge of the brown thing a bit and see what effect that has.

[mohitdaksh]

Thanks NgaiHill for your feedback.

That brown thing was an old rusty pipe that was lying on my roof with the flowers. I didn't remove it from there because I thought it would good on an otherwise plain shot. But, now I think you are right. It kind of takes the attention away from the flower. And for your tip about the colours and saturation I will process the photo to see how it looks.

Thanks once again