March Showers brought April Flowers

Model: Canon EOS REBEL T2i

ISO: 100

Exposure: 1/160 sec

Aperture: 8.0

Focal Length: 55mm

Flash Used: No
Lens: Kit 18-55mm 3.5-5.6f

Higher aperture to get focus at different depths, but still had cool depth of field effects. Found interesting sea star looking thing in the middle of the flower. 

Model: Canon EOS REBEL T2i
ISO: 100
Exposure: 1/800 sec
Aperture: 5.6
Focal Length: 55mm
Flash Used: No
Lens: Kit 18-55mm 3.5-5.6f


Higher shutter speed because wind blowing.  Had to hold flower still by the stem.  Lower aperture (larger opening) to get shallower depth of field to make the edge of the flower really stand out from the background.  


Critiques:
Photo 1: I should have isolated the flower more, the background leaves and other flowers are really distracting from the central focus of the star in the flower. 
Photo 2: Wish I were less predictable and played more with the shadows/light on the flower.