The following photos are borrowed from the Digital Photography School website Photographing Flowers by Elizabeth Halford, including comments and submitted pics at the end. The main tip is, get down close to where the flower lives, and experiment with not only macro, but zoom lens settings. Examples:
The patch of chamomile, above, doesn't tell the story the photographer wants to tell--it is too diffuse and far away.
By taking the photo above, in context, by using a macro blur to focus in on the blossom with the downward-facing petals, the photograph resulted in highlighting the relationship of the flowers within the clump.
The shot above was taken using a DSLR, using a zoom lens looking up from a point lower on the hill where the poppies were growing.
You don't need to use macro for close up shots. The five-petal red rose, above, was taken from 2 feet away using a zoom lens.
You don't necessarily need a DSLR, either. The clean white cosmos, above, was taken with a simple point and shoot camera.
A fun close-up shot that tells the story of two upward-facing blossoms and one facing down.
Another shot using telephoto, which does interesting things to the background of this bright pink phlox while allowing a close-up focus.
Beautiful ground-level shot of backlit pink petals.
See more submitted photos at Photographing Flowers - A How-To
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