What could I have done better with this photo?

I took this using my XTi rebel. I chose to manually focus because the auto focus kept focusing on other parts of the flower.

Please go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/fstopping/2580935816/sizes/l/

Perki882008-06-17T19:49:21Z

While you did a nice job, it is basically a boring shot. Pumping up the contrast and saturation would help a bit as would putting the center of the rose in a less dead center position.

TaraN2472008-06-17T18:03:50Z

that was a really awesome photo. the only thing that needed to be nmore defined was the petals of the flower so that u had a very distibct contracst between light and dark, especially the yellow colour.

captsnuf2008-06-17T18:27:34Z

i don't know if you coul do anything better with that image...it is very good. ofcourse i had to go and check out your other images. i like them... keep shooting keep showing. perhaps find a photog club or group to join and share in they are gobs of fun, and i learn alot from the one i'm in.

Sakura2008-06-17T18:05:55Z

The composition is kinda boring, nothing I haven't seen before... overall, not too bad though.