Take a look at these....

Grimacher is a french artist who has been having a ball with her digital camera on fotothing. Take a look at her Macro flowers here: http://fotothing.com/Grimacher/photo/3fb9b10915eea1088a830f5c2239c877/ or just go to fotothing.com/grimacher Her husband, Pondy, (fotothing.com/pondy has some beautiful crocuses as well... Take a look at how they use lighting and how the focal point is sharp and well lit. Notice how the image fills the frame... Every chance I get, I'll try to reinforce these main points! I'm at the Apple store at the Danbury Mall as I write this... Have fun!