Advice for taking pics of flowers

[Wyvern971]

I was taking a few pics of flowers in the garden yesterday evening, mainly for practice, but am not really sure what sort of settings I should be using.

Best of around 8 shots

For this sort of shot what settings should I be using?
EDIT:
Also when taking pics of Flowers what should I have in focus?

Thanks

(the pic shown is re-sized the original is 4368 x 2912 and for some reason PS has stripped out the ex-if info)

Comments & Advice plz

ta

Wyv

 

[Wyvern971]

Is that any better? (Altered Exposure compensation -1)

EDIT:
And where are my manners?? Thanks for the comments so far