Very nice flower and colors,really good.

Thanks for your comment. Other comments are more than welcome.

Flower is too bland, needs more color

I like the picture AND the colors very much

Caught your comment request and here I is.

As a suggestion, to hopefully garner some more tips and advice for you ... add in your camera model in your accompanying narrative. That way other users of the same make or those that are more familiar might have a leaping off point for some suggestions for you.

That said ... ready? Good good, let's go ...

Took a look at your gallery to date ... and it seems apparent that composition is not a weakness. Some tweaks, sure ... but I do like what your mind's eye has been capturing.

Definitely shows, to me ... that you are indeed thinking about the set-up for your photos.

Image size/resolution. Bigger is better in this case. 1600 X 1200 should be the minimum size to upload.

I am not trying to be overly critical here, but the softness of focus seems to be the deciding factor in separating your images from those just above you in the next echelon of quality overall.

A steadier perch when shooting would help somewhat in this regard. Perhaps, if you can ... use the self-timer option of your camera to lessen any chance of motion or lens blur.

Getting a bit more nit picky here ... the flower is really quite attractive. I like the colours of the bloom and the background colours are complimentary. However, without some additional sharpness in focus ... your focal subject is getting lost somewhat in the composition.

The shape of the bloom helps delineate from the background ... just need to accentuate that aspect more in my humble opinion. So, if you are limited by your camera ... and even point and shoot types of camera are more than apt at capturing a good, if not great photo ... change the composition and create some separation of subject. Reiterating that point once more.

The very tip of the flower's highlights are slightly blown out or overexposed. Change the time of day you are shooting as another work around.

I happen to find your visual offering here to be a rather soothing ... and forgive my choice of words here ... abstract of sorts.

Abstract, in that you've lost some of the dimensionality (appears two dimensional to my eyes, kind of 'flat' across the board if you understand me here) ... yet, as mentioned above and by myself in the opening sentences of this commentary ... the colours are a strong element.

Don't know what image editing software you have at your disposal ... however, having said that ... go here for Neat Image. Freeware version of noise reduction software available for download and use.

I noticed you mentioned a couple of dusk/dawn shots of skies are forthcoming from you. A little practice should cut down on the amount of grain ('noise') in your shots. Be forewarned though, there is a trade-off. Silky smooth means losing some details. Experiment with the settings and familiarize yourself is the best way in deciding whether or not is of benefit to a particular shot.

You have a good start to a gallery. Try not to be too discouraged by our infamous 'number'. It is but a simple gauge, use it as you will.

Want more feedback? Comment on other's works usually is the route to go to increase more coming back to you.

And but of course ... thanks for sharing your efforts from behind the lens. Keep ... shooting. :o)