Excellent, more flower macros. Lovely stuff.
Ranger; before I start, I've got to ask you something. Is this as close as you can get with your camera? Because if you don't mind me saying so, you're falling into the classic pitfall of a flower photographer who is just starting out - you need to fill the frame with the flowers!
There is so much detail in flowers and such variety in colour, shape, texture and form that I could spend hours shooting a single flower from every angle possible. Granted, I can get extremely, extremely close with my set-up, which may not be possible with yours, but the vast majority of your shots below have too much background going on.
Anyway, enough of all that.
#1: I look at this picture and my eye wants to go to the flower in the foreground, but it's actually being drawn to the OOF one in the right of the frame. Even when I do look at the main subject I can still see the one on the right poking into the shot and diverting my attention.
A closer shot of the flower (if possible) would be better in this instance and there's some wonderful detail just waiting within the flower for you, providing you can capture it. You've got the contrasting purple and green of the flower itself and the darker purple and some red on the stamen and anthers within the bloom.
With the water droplets on the petals I can't help but feel that this is also crying out for a lovely shallow DOF shot with the light picking up the water and the focal-point drawing you into the shot. You'd need to shoot side-on to the flower, but it'd be a lovely shot if you pulled it off.
#2: Mmmm. You've filled the frame, but it's an ugly shot. Too stark for my liking and not pretty enough. Loads of detail there for you to play with but you'd have to de-clutter the background for the shot to work like it is. I'd be tempted to go really close with this one and get a little abstract with the colours and the textures.
#3: Getting better! This is the sort of angle that #1 needed, but you're not quite there and there's still too much going on in the background. Crop down to just the flower in the bottom right corner and you've got a winner here. The stem running up from the edge of the frame is what would make the tighter crop work - see some of Messiah Khan's macro work for good examples of lines 'leading' the eye in to the focal point of the shot.
#4: Ah, some of my favourite flowers right here. They make for excellent subjects and you can really go crazy with the texture and colours on these. I think it's the bright yellow pollen that makes them stand out so.
The problem with these little buggers is that they grow in tight little clusters and very close to the ground, so it's hard to remove them from the 'classic' flower macro background of green foliage. If you can pick one or two (keep a long stem if possible) you can separate them from the leaves and try for a background that will compliment the colour of the flowers more.
I'd still like to see some real close-up detail on the pollen though. And you've got a problem with the bottom flower missing a petal from the 6PM position - to me it looks unbalanced.
#5: Loads of texture, loads of colour, loads of interest. Unfortunately there's also loads of background and too much going on near the edge of the frame. I want to be seeing as much of that flower as possible and getting an eyeful of the detail contained within it - just look at centre of it!
#6: I suppose this is quite charming in its own way. Needs rotating though - I'm tilting my head when I look at it. I'd also crop or clone the other flower out of the shot to clean things up a little.
#7: Nice choice of subject, shame about the surroundings. The eye needs to be a little sharper but it's actually a charming little photo. What is it?!
