Flowers and lenses

[Callie]

I just started shooting flowers. Anyone have suggestions for lenses?

[birddog114]

What type of flowers or how do you want to shoot flower? closeup/ macro etc....
If you can narrow your choice then heap of helps around here will provide for you.

[Aussie Dave]

Hi Callie

Are you looking for a lens primarily to take macro shots of flowers, or do you want a lens that can be used for other things as well (such as portraitures or landscape) ??

Your answers to the above will determine what lens(es) will be suitable for your needs.

The more info you can give, the better the responses will be.
There are a multitude of lenses out there, all good for individual reasons. A 180mm macro will be great for getting in close to flowers from a distance, but won't help you if you'd also like to use it for portraits/landscape work. And a 60mm macro will also be good for macros of flowers, but you'd have to get pretty close, which might suit you (and it would be reasonable for portraitures as well).

Depending on what lenses you currently own, a screw on Lens or extension tubes may also be of benefit to you (perhaps at a much cheaper cost than purchasing a dedicated lens).