Generally, with flowers, the best strategy is as per the generally-best approach to photographing people and most other living subjects….
1: try to be in (or very near to) the same horizontal plane as your subject.
2: point the lens straight at its eye/s or “face”.
3: ideally, do this when the sun is low, and behind you – nicely illuminating the subject rather than turning it into a black silhouette or a mere scatteration of light.
Sometimes, however, the better plan – or at least, something worth trying – is to flout some or all such rules.
This post’s image looks straight down at the top of its subject, in “poor” light, in the middle of a winter day.
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