I don't think flower photographs are easy at all. I only dabble because I do not have the time, or more relevant the resources to do the subject justice. There is the problem of finding the good specimens to photograph to start with - expensive if you use a florist and you will have to build a good relationship up so they save you the best ones without flaws, or you could grow your own, very time consuming and expensive with the care they will need. You need to show photographic skills in: lighting, exposure and good composition to get a decent picture out of it when you have your specimen. No excuses either because in most part you are in total control of everything, even the movement of the flower with the light while you set up, unlike some other genres of photography. If you do all this choosing backgrounds, lighting, getting the exposure and dof right the subject shows up every flaw your camera has which in some genres it is easier to get away with. I would love to have a good quality medium format camera to do the job properly, but most of us have to manage. Compact cameras and most dslr's are not really up to the task, but this is a hobby and it still fun trying and getting the best results you can with the equipment you have. Maybe one day when I am able to afford to have better equipment, then I am sure what I have learnt now will come in handy. None of the genres of photography are any easier than any others, they all require skill and learning to achieve the best results.

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And every one said, 'If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve,---
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!'
Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.

Edward Lear
http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html