Lovely daylight shot Marzena. If you are on Auto the camera is a bit confused because the light conditions are not the same overall. The day light shot will be equally good or even better if you concentrate on a single or two flowers. In your night shot you can see that only the ones in front are sharp while the ones behind are blurred. .I would suggest to you to try the "P" mode where the camera decides the aperture and shutter speed. You can also increase or decrease the lighting by changing the ISO. If the ISO is higher the image will be brighter and vice versa.

Soooooo beautiful !!!!!!!

First things first: wonderful to hear the good news about your CIC SAAB!

SAM, I've read Raj's comment. It's a very good advice as most of my images are taken in the 'P' mode as well.
But there are other possibilities depending on the features of your camera and the settings on your camera. If your camera has the possibility for average focusing of more spots versus focusing on a single spot, try to use the single spot focusing.
Every shot has its own DOF and bokeh. Try to select the focusing point (or FL-setting = focal length setting) slightly further, by 'misleading' the cursor or use a manual FL-setting like mentioned in the narrative of this image to achieve the optimal DOF.

Try anyhow all kind of possibilities. In the past it has cost you money by buying some films, but with a digital camera, nowadays one can take a lot of images for the same 'price'.

Wish you a lot of succes!

Excellent shot Sam well done.

Superb looking capture of blossom with perfect light and natural colours and your compstion is spot on as well..I also like how the blue sky is peeping through the blossom tree as well.

The picture looks fine to me..if you feel it's blurred that will be a slow shutter speed issue..Check you have the camera anti shake switched on..It's not blurred at night because the flash works in tandem with the shutter to produce a sharp image...If you have manual control on the camera set the shutter speed high and allow the camera to set the aperture...R.

Raj, and Mr. C. have given you some good advice. Does the camera have a macro setting, if so try to focus more on a single bloom, and check the focusing points like it has been stated already. I know you won't give up, keep on playing. It did capture the the lovely pink very well. Not sure if it's blurred or the background is causing more of a distraction? I know you won't give up, being the good agent that you are. SAS =^..^=

I don't think I have anything more to add to the tips you have gotten from some of our best photographers here. To me, your image doesn't look out of focus. You have a lot of back lighting in this shot, which gives the subject a darker appearance and can fool you into thinking that it's out of focus. If you look at the center blossom, and into where the stamen are, you will see that they are nice and sharp. So much for my humble opinion on a subject I know nothing about! Your tree foofies are gorgeous, SAM. btw...I am glad to hear that SAAB is getting better.

I think Jimbob is correct SAM - the diffuse light can give the blur appearance but that flower is sharp - the other advice regarding settings is also helpful. I use macro mode with my flower shots but I've also found the portrait setting can be quite nice. Keep playing around.

Take SAAB, the camera and yourself to the Island of Dr. Moreau, and do some experimenting. You will discover what you need to know SAM.
You have received advice from some very knowledgeable photographers so give it a go.
The shot looks fine to me btw.

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Outstanding spring photo my friend !!

Geautiful spring.

I cannot think of any useful advice to add to what has been given. Beautiful colours and a nice play of light and shadows in the photo, SAM. WAS

Your image of the pink blossoms are beautiful Marzena!!! You have received some good advice from the best - I don't have much more to add but just experiment and have fun!!! Well Done!!!:-):-):-)!!! p.s. happy to hear that Boris is doing better.

The soft focus does make the flowers look quite beautiful...

Supper happy to hear SAAB it doing better. Such elegant and gorgeous colours, but as others have stated, I like using the Micro setting, it helps choose the single focus point. Keeping trying different settings, it will come.

I downloaded it, going to play around with it and see what I come up with

I concur with the advice given here. To me, so much of photography has to do to lighting, and adjusting your ISO will help prevent washout and fading.

If you mean by "sharp at night shot" your previous "another delayed FF" photo, I agree with Richie's comment on flash use.

Lovely photo and great to hear that Boris is getting better.
Your photo might be a little 'soft', but if it is, it's not really noticeable unless you zoom in on it.
However, looking at your EXIF data, it looks like you used an aperture of 2.8. This means that the Depth of Field, will be quite shallow (smaller the number, shallower the DOF). If you want to ensure that the whole photo is in focus, you would have to select a bigger number aperture (to really confuse matters, what is known as a large aperture has a small number...).
However, if you want a particular part of the photo in focus and the rest blurred, select a small number aperture (big aperture) and if your camera allows it, focus on that part of the image (you might have to point your camera at the point you want, press the shutter release half way down, move the camera and press the shutter release fully).
Also from the EXIF data, your shutter speed is 1/500 second, so unless you've got a hangover, it shouldn't be down to camera shake...
As regards to ISO, if possible, keep this low as this will result in better quality photo's and only change it if your camera is struggling with the lighting conditions.

Another thought, did you apply any 'Image Sharpening' during the editing process?

now this is what great DT's in photography are made of..you get a 10 for this one!

It's all about lighting