Ditch Lilies

@danthro: Thanks. Well, I know so little about these things that I had no idea what I was taking a photo of. My wife told me they are lilies and I just take her word for it. I was a little unhappy with my DOF here, but I hadn't had my camera long at this point and was reluctant to crank up the ISO. Now I'd push it up to 800, or even 1600, for a shot like this, if necessary.

I have found it very difficult to get good flower shots in the wild. My main problem is that when I crank up the shutter speed to compensate for movement in the wind, my aperture is forced open to compensate, thus losing DOF. I haven't shot anything like this since learning what is acceptable on the high end of ISO, but I think I need to do two things in the future: 1) crank up my ISO; and 2) experiment with flash. My wife suggested a spring flower expedition this coming weekend, so perhaps I'll try it out.