Macro and Flora Image of the Week for the week ending November 16th, 2012: Jerry van Dijk - Gerbera daisy

Congratulations Jerry!

From a bouqet my wife got for her birthday. The flowing shape of this gerbera daisy caught my eye, so I decided to put it in a separate vase to play around with it. BG is my piano, light is natural (I love the low winter sun for flower portraits). Focus is a bit off, because my macro tripod seems to be too unstable for my heavy rig (almost 2kg). Any suggestions for a good macro tripod are welcome!

Nikon D7000, Nikkor 200mm f/4 micro, tripod, remote shutter (MUP), ISO-100, EV -1.3, f/14, 1/80 sec.
ACR/CS5, grad filter to reduce exposure from the LR corner, clarity, vibrance, sharpness, WB and selective adjustments on the reds to approximate the right hue.

Thanks a lot for this honour!