Learn Flower Photography

Most times people will figure out what you are referring too.  Flowers can survive suprisingly shallow depth of field but motion blur seems to be hard to use well.

Tripod is pretty much required - you set your lens to it's closest macro setting, in aperture mode set it to a narrow aperture (like f16) and then move in so the closest plant is out of focus in the frame, but sharp if you use depth of field preview.  I haven't mastered it - my lavender shot is blurry from the long exposure and wind, and my daisies don't have enough depth of field to render the closest plant sharp.

Another tool in the toolbox is multiple exposure trick to give a soft, dream like feeling to the image.  Using a tripod (the camera position has to be 100% locked down), first a photo is taken with sharp focus, and a reasonable aperture (like f8), metered down (under exposed by) a stop or two.  Then (without advancing the film) a few more shots are taken with meter down a stop further, the aperture wide open (f2.8 for instance) and the focus either ahead or behind the initial shot.