Close-Up

OK, I will get it out of the way straight off, this shot is not perfect, and I will take a better one, but, the flower was not perfect either – some petals were missing.  Did that sound aggressive – sorry it was not meant to, but, sometimes when you have an idea that almost works, it is a little annoying when it is not quite right.

I took this picture in bright sunshine in my front garden – hence the dark background, caused by exposing for the flower.  In an ideal world, I would have included all of the centre of the flower, or chopped it straight down the middle.  The idea was to have a sharp focus in the centre and then to drop off, making the petals softer.  Cape Daisies are pretty flowers, but a little dull when photographed in their entirety, I wanted something a little different.

It was taken with my macro lens on aperture priority, ISO200, f/14, 1/200secs (handheld whilst battling against an ornamental, but still thorny, bramble).