I wish that there was perhaps more detail in/on the flower. It's cool that deep inside the flower the yellow shifts to green, and then behind the flower there is all the green leaves. It's almost like the base of the flower is translucent or something.
Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb. - Churchill
This is a good picture. Good focus, good color, good lighting. But may I suggest some things that might make it a very good picture?
Every picture has to have something to make it unique. Whether it be the angle, the background, the lighting, the composition, or the subject itself. Take many shots, from many different angles, with all the different backgrounds that the local provides. You might just get something that jumps out. Try from beneath, above, from one side or the other. Then try with the ground behind it, the sky behind it, or the scenery on either side behind it.
Just remember, make each picture unique in one way or another. Look for subjects that jump out at you, or locations and lighting that cause a particular subject to jump out at you. Unique lighting can lend emotion to a subject, or drain it all away. A truly unique background can either meld with a subject, and set it off perfectly, or it can scream over the subject and pull all concentration to itself.
Try a bunch of different things. Experiment, enjoy, and find subjects that speak to you. Get excited about the project, then let that excitement flow over into your picture. God bless, and have a great day!
Hmmmm .. this definitely needs to be sharper. Hard to do hand held and that close. Have you tried using a tripod so you can stop down and get a decent depth of field?
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The virtue of the camera is not the power it has to transform the photographer into an artist, but the impulse it gives him to keep on looking. - Brooks Anderson
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