A carousel of flowers

Small flowers very like to broom flowers (lotus corniculatus). They are very common in the fields here. The flowers of this leguminous plant are small but nice for their colors and the transparencies due to the back light.

What technical feedback would you like if any? The background is too dark?

What artistic feedback would you like if any? The background is too dark?

Pertinent technical details or techniques:

(If the background has been replaced, etc. please be honest with your techniques to help others learn)
D800E, Nikkor 200mm macro, 1/90, f/20, ISO 400

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No, the background works in this image. What a delightful flower. The back lighting really emphasizes the fan shape details, and your dof is perfect, as always.

Superb backlighting, great colours, and the perspective is perfect.
Sweet BG - they don’t ALL have to be light or white!
Sandy

Gigi: Eye p :scream:pping wonderful! Marvelous color and the BG makes it pop. Most excellent.>=))>

You’re back lighting work is superb, as always, Gigi. I love the circular arrangement of the blooms and the light through the leaves as well as the flowers. This doesn’t have anything to do with the inherent beauty of the photograph, but with the dark background on this site, the edge of the image kind of blends into it, so you might want to put a border around this one.

I like the round shape of the flowers, the detail, and the black background. Splendid image!

Gigi
Perfection!

Now that is more like it! Focus, DOF, comp, lighting and detail are superb! The large image is even better!:ok_hand::+1::ok_hand: