Gladioli

[GrahamS]

Nikon D610, Micro-Nikkor 55mm f2.8, 1/10th @ f11, ISO100

[bje07]

Nice colors, good exposure.
IMO, too far or too close
moreover background is too present. A black background would have been preferable.

[GrahamS]

Each to his own....

[Shadowman]

Very nice.

[Mike Buckley]

Nice light and composition, especially the use of color! Just enough texture and detail to reveal the flowers' form though without losing their delicate look.

I wonder if you considered using a depth of field that would keep everything sharp, as the out of focus white flowers are a distraction for me. I definitely wouldn't go darker with the background and would even try going a bit brighter for a lighter feel.

[GrahamS]

Mike, the point of interest is the "butterfly" pattern in the centre of the blooms with the scattered pollen and the stamens. I actually deliberately de-focusses the gypsophila flowers as I thought that they would be a distraction, but in any event, without focus stacking, I don't think I would have been able to make them sharp as I was already at f11. I don't think f16 would have cracked it and f22 is not my favorite aperture although the micro-Nikkor would probably surprise me.

Thanks for the comments.

[marlunn]

Nice, I like it, if me I would have moved the frame up and right to include all the top and rh flower and lost the part of Glad flowers on the left but thats all.