Echinacea (and hoverfly)

This is another picture taken at the botanic gardens, and is almost right.  However, I thought I would include it as I believe that recognising what is wrong with a photograph is just as important as working out what is good.

The composition of the main flower is just right, it sits in the right place in the frame, the hoverfly is sharp enough as is the centre of the flower.  The background is blurred enough that I don’t think the green interferes with the photo.  No, that is all OK, the thing that is not right is the other flower.  I am happy that it is blurred and its position in the picture, almost a reflection of the main flower.  What makes me unhappy is that it is chopped off at the bottom.  OK, I was the person that chopped it off at the bottom, but it was better than the alternative which was an array of incredibly distracting foliage!

This was taken handheld on my EOS400D with Macro lens, at ISO200, 1/125secs at f/10.