spring time?

[yeendy]

[Stormsong]

It's a nice image - the only thing I would say is that the framing is a bit tight; I would liked to have seen the top of the flower as well. Perhaps you could have moved a bit to your left and also taken the shot from a slightly higher angle? The other option is to get in really close and have a really tight frame, which would loose the background, concentrating instead on the lovely colours of the orange stamen contrasted with the purple petals.

Regards,
Denise

[yeendy]

how is this one?

[Stormsong]

That's a nice one too showing the full flower. The only thing that distracts my eye however is the top right hand corner leaf - perhaps that can be cloned out or had some burning applied to make it a bit darker? That is only my personal opinion, though.

Regards,
Denise

[BillyJeans]

Hello yeendy ,I agree with Denise on the pics although both are good pics in their own right the 2nd is the strongest and that leaf in the top right corner catchs the eye roght away.
What you could also try is selecting the main image of your flower in your software then blur/difuse the background more to make it less distracting.
But nice shots otherwise with Macro/close up you have to be careful to keep an eye on your background as it shows up a lot more and is more obtrusive

[yeendy]

thanks for your comments and advice

[OldBoy]

Cracking shot you lucky devil!

Lucky your flowers are open, as here they are all closed up due to the very dull conditions.