Road Trip - Eucalyptus Flower

[WJT]

I took this hoping to get a good sharp picture with good DoF. It is a Eucalyptus Phoenicia. Some feed back would be appreciated.

[enaiman]

Very nice composition Wayne; this flower definitely works in a centered way.
I would have some personal comments if you don't mind.
- the orange-ish colour; if I'm not wrong, these flowers are red, so your white balance might be off
- the background; the upper right darker part seems distracting to me, maybe some cloning?
- I would have preferred to see the whole flower without the lower part being cut
Other than that, the DOF and focus are spot-on.

[WJT]

Very nice composition Wayne; this flower definitely works in a centered way.
I would have some personal comments if you don't mind.
- the orange-ish colour; if I'm not wrong, these flowers are red, so your white balance might be off
- the background; the upper right darker part seems distracting to me, maybe some cloning?
- I would have preferred to see the whole flower without the lower part being cut
Other than that, the DOF and focus are spot-on.

Thanks for your feedback Eugen. This species does have an orange flower, there are over 1200 eucalyptus in all. I placed this branch in my wind screen wiper blade to hold it still on a windy day so that explains the inconsistent back ground, not perfect but it would be a bit hard to fix. I was tempted to capture the whole flower but because of the back ground issues I did use a tighter crop. It would be a good subject to put into a studio environment. Thanks again.