Tulips Dressed In Black

Bought some tulips this weekend. I picked them for the touches of pink in them. Today's set is against a black background, tomorrow will be with a white background. Sunday morning was overcast and cool so I took them out on the balcony to shoot. The sun peaked thru a bit but mostly it was lovely even lighting.

I didn't really plan on shooting them with the 24mm lens. It's not one I would normally pull out for a flower photo shoot. It's actually the last lens I would normally use. But it's all about the stretch and the challenge, right? And it was a challenge too. Trying to fill the frame. Trying to see them differently. #3 was kind of iffy for me. I had planned on cropping it to a panorama but it didn't fit. There's a lot of space left in the upper portion. Does it work? There's a lot of space in #4 as well. It makes me nervous.

Stats- D200 w/70-180macro lens
1-70mm 1/20s @ F32

Stats D200 w/24mm lens
2-1/1250s @ F2.8
3-1/1250s @ F2.8
4-1/1000s @ F2.8
5-1/1600s @ F2.8

P.S. Re-edited to clean up the black. I couldn't help it. It's the perfectionist in me. :)