Please Help Me

Hello All,
I am relatively new to this whole photography/editing situation.
I took this photo and did my best to edit it.

Can you include your EXIF please? That way, folks can give you help on settings.

Flo wrote in post #9814269
Can you include your EXIF please? That way, folks can give you help on settings.

Because I edited and saved the image as a new image to preserve the original, I do not know the EXIF off the top of my head. I am at work at the moment and the original is at home. I can post it when I get home tonight, for you if you wish.

Its not so much I wish it.lol.but without knowing what you had the settings at, its harder to give direction for folks.

I looked at the larger image. I don't see the noise.

What I do see is that you nailed the focus on the center of the flower. However, you had a shallow depth of field. So everything else is out of focus. Also, I would have snipped off or bent out of the way that pinkish blob on the bottom right. The yellows might be maxed out in some places too.

Just a thought.... bumping up the contrast might give a little more definition to the petals

Excellent Ideas. I will reshoot this photo tonight and post the "right out of the camera photo". Perhaps from there, we can see what needs to be done.

Thank you for all the constructive criticism.