A beautiful flower indeed. If I may offer a humble suggestion,
set the f-ftop of the camera on f-16 or higher and focus
on the yellow stamens of the flower. The higher f-stop will
pull the whole flower into focus and you will find that the
center of influence is fact the stamens and not the petals.
Nicely done.
First off, I love the shot. I love the flower, and I love the combination of greens and reds. The only two suggestions (one opinion, one suggestion) I have are these. First suggestion. If you could darken the pic a bit, add some more contrast, that would help it out a bit. Two, the opinion. If you added black strips to the top and bottom of this picture, it would look really awesome. Add a bit more contrast, and a bit of a showy, artsy look to it.
But it is a great pic! Keep it up!
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