Hi Ling Ling, This is an interesting photo. I do think you need some of the flowers in focus to provide something for the eye to land on. A narrower F Stop may put the flowers into sharper focus, however you don't want have them all in focus as you would loose the artistic value that you have in your photo. You could try focus stacking, choosing some of the red tulips at the front as your point of focus. Please keep trying out different effects.   Posted: 04/03/2026 10:02:07

Nice colourful picture but paradoxically the ground area seems more in focus than the flowers! Maybe crop that part out. Flowers don't have to be in sharp focus of course. Perhaps a better shot would be pointing more to the left.   Posted: 04/04/2026 16:10:22

Hi Ling Ling, very pretty tulips! I like the composition with the different colors and the blurred ones in the background at various angles. Usually the closest flowers should be in focus. You could crop off part of the bottom of this image to reduce the amount of black dirt in this image. F/1.8 is pretty large. Also, 1/3000 is extremely fast. You did well to get low to the ground. Good job! You could try focus stacking with something like this, but I think it's usually used for a macro of a single flower. I could be wrong. And I just learned this week that focus STACKING merges the images in my OM camera, and focus BRACKETING creates separate images which I can merge in LR.   Posted: 04/04/2026 18:22:52

Hi Ling Ling - this has all of the colors! I agree with you that your settings would make a difference. You might also crop the image to tighten the subject area in the composition. You would still have lots of color in the background, but you might be able to crop out some of the blur with the dirt. Would love to see more of your blooms!   Posted: 04/08/2026 14:13:32