I saw some of the Erik Dasque’s excellent work by accident, following a link from the Zen Photo gallery.

See his portfolio here:
www.frenchguys.com/gallery/
I myself, being an amateur photographer, have tried numerous times to make beautiful macro photos of flowers and such, but this nice defocus I see in the example of Erik, made with a Canon 5D, shows clearly how far away are small digital cameras from the professional DSLRs…
This flower, by Erik, I liked very much, so I am using a resized copy of it here, with link & credits; I hope this is not a problem… :-)