Nice colors and a nicely blurred background. A little sharper focus on the flower would make this really outstanding. The soft focus, though, does give it a nice look preferred by some viewers. Well done, P.

Jimbob

Beautiful image Prashanth, it almost looks like a Scotish thistle, but not really sure. Great clarity in this close up capture and detail, like the softness of the background really showing off this bloom

The diagonal arrangement of the flower is very attractive and professional looking. The boke ( blur ) of the background came out very nicely as well. The flower does lack the kind of sharpness that would really make it stand out. The most likely cause would be too large of an aperture. A large aperture narrows the depth of field and makes for great blurred backgrounds as you have provided us here. In this case however the depth of field may have been so small as to not be able to capture the full depth of the flower. Experiment with the aperture on your lens shooting something similar to this flower and see what a variety of images you can get from a single subject. For a fist trip out with your first real camera I would have to say your doing fantastic.

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This thistle really comes out at ya! Nice greens on the flower and in the background. I always liked the color that these little flower have!
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It has a very soft delicate feel to it. I have to agree the colors and the blurred background are great! Nice job.

Love the shot dear - the subject is not sharp may be due to the large aperture; the bokeh is pretty good ...

So beautiful.. love this colour in the flower! Mich

Hello Prashanth....Very good closeup of a thistle showing good detail....I would like to see a tighter crop around the flower....The thistle is national flower of Scotland...Well done....All the best to you Prashanth .............................................Mick.

Reminds me a thistle as well. Nice presentation of the shot. the focus could be sharper, but it works well as shown.