Try, try, try again...

I've gone out into my backyard to photograph this hyacinth four times. Each time I go, I take about six shots. A few times, I have come close to capturing this flower the way I had originally envisioned it. However, I've never been satisfied with the final result.

Although I did try a few different ideas, my original design was to include only a portion of the flower. After trying a couple of wider angle shots, I decided that my original vision was best. My last trip to the backyard brought this image. I cropped it as a square (never done that before) in order to exclude all things that were unimportant to the composition. It's a good thing I did finally get a photo that I was satisfied with, because I noticed this afternoon that today's heavy rain beat the crap out of the plant.

By the way, is there any way to check the camera settings for a picture after it has been imported onto the hard drive? I would like to be able to post the shutter speeds, etc., but I always forget to check them on the camera before I delete the picture from my memory card.