Excellent shot, your shortened depth of focus really accentuates this simple beauty. Well done!

I like the balance of your composition very much. The color is stand out and the background non-distracting. A nice presentation.

black eyed susans are even more beautiful as i thought before seeing couple of wonderful images here on caedes which showed me the beauty of these flowers. yours is one of them now :)

i love blur in the background in images like this one.. they focus the subject and don't distract our attention.. also, i love the choice of green shades for the background, it makes this image look natural.. those vibrant and vivid yellow petals, therefore, form a great contrast with the background.. and look great on this image ;) some say that yellow colour is pretty hard to photograph, but i think you've done it great :) btw, excellent lighting, i like the shadows on the petals, too!
and the most beautiful part is the composition itself. the flower is placed on diagonal axis and creates an open composition, like it's trying to run away from the image and reach the sun :)

thank you for sharing this one with us.. and have a nice day! :)

This is gorgeous. Puts my black eyed susan posts to shame. =) You couldn't possibly have done any better!
Mindy

My state flower! How beautiful it is! You captured her wonderfully. :)

A beautiful, bright and sunny picture. Very nicely done.

"How wonderful yellow is. It stands for the sun." - Vincent Van Gogh

Beautiful shot, the colors you've captured are nice, I've never seen a sunflower with such vibrant colors, nice shot!

Perfect in focus.. a beauty! Mich

Great focus and nice detail:) Perfect shot and awesome work.