More flowers

A few more flower close-ups. I managed to pick up a stepping ring at Focus last week so I can now use my 50mm/1.8 to make quite a good macro.

I couldn't decide whether I preferred the rose as pink or a pale orange...

There's been a slight edit to the original post, I've since managed to improve the white balance in the pictures; yellow chrysanthemums were driving me mad!

Flowers

Especially for my mum, who commented on my previous flower close-ups. Unfortunately, the only flowers I could find were a rather battered bunch from Tesco and the orchid from my room...

I also had a go at playing with some of the 'artistic' filters in Elements, and I really liked the cut-away effect on the rose:

Before

After

Not having access to a studio or proper lights, I had to improvise with some black and white card and what lighting I could find in the flat. Prizes (well, kudos) for guessing how these flowers were lit: