Lonely rose

I shot this rose in my mother's garden a few weeks ago. It took a couple shots to get the lighting right because the sun was producing really hard light on the flower's petals, causing some seriously blown-out highlights. I'm still a little unhappy about the lighting, but it is at least satisfactory. I burned away some distracting background elements in PS CS3.

Camera Model: NIKON D50
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 102.0mm
Exposure Time: 0.010 s (1/100)
Aperture: f/8.0
ISO equiv: 200
Exposure Bias: -1.00
Metering Mode: Center Weight
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)