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I'm getting a bit frustrated here. Not sure why the vision I had for

this photo is not coming through to the finished product. I set ISO

to 400 in order to compensate for the slight breeze. What's missing?

Hi John,

I am by no means an expert but this is what I see wrong with the photo, there needs to be more space between the flower that is in focus and the top of the page. And I think that the flower is to close to the edge of the photo on the side. I do think that your depth of field is good! When I take photographs of flowers I take several of the same subject, and try compose each a little differently, that way when it is time to edit, I can find one that I like. Keep practicing, you will be suprised at how much that will teach you, and good luck! ( Like I said I am no expert at all, this is just what I think).

The exposure made here is 1/1250 at f/5.6 , 160mm with my Nikkor 55-200mm VR. I find it difficult to get enough DOF with this lens. Am I taking my meter reading in the wrong place? Should I spot meter off of the yellow?

Hi John,

I have only been a dslr user since January, I may not know what I am talking about :) , but this is what I would do. I find that the best lighting is when the sun is low on the horizon, like right after, or around sunset, I think flowers look best in this light, and most things, including people, ( like I said, my opinion), I point my meter directly at the flower. I think flowers look best with the blurred background f4 should be sufficient..................... I think lighting plays a huge roll in how photographs turn out. If you are not satisfied with dof, maybe you could pick the flower and position it further away from the background, the background will be more blurred, just make sure whatever object or whoevers hand is holding it is cropped out, embarassing but I have actually done this, and have turned out some good flower photos, I have a photo in my gallery called " like sunshine", I did it to that photo. I hope this helps you.