Taken a while back, on my walk around Marina Village in Alameda, this is a much closer shot of a single cherry blossom. I suspect that the heavy storms of the last week have probably stripped the trees of any remaining blossoms (there were reports of winds gusting up to 100mph in the bay area – it would take a tough cherry blossom to survive that!).
what lens did you use to take this? the exif data on flicker indicates a focal length of 135mm.
amazingly enough, the cherry blossoms around the office are still present on many trees …
Rather than answer your question directly, I thought I’d just link to a very interesting photo of the lens I used.