Hey Noah, beautiful red. This composition might work better on a flower that was a bit more open. Here it doesn't hold strong interest/impact for me. The tonal range of the image is a bit flat overall and than allows the background with the leaves to be distracting, also reducing impact. Just one hillbilly's opinion.

Nice DOF. To hold the interest solely on the flower, I would have cropped the image on the left and on the right, I think this is perfect for a square image. I don't agree using a open flower archieves a better picture, this is exciting (like you know there's something going to happen but you don't know exactly what it is... sorry but I have to be creative with language 'cause it's not my best talent :)

No me encaja bien la flor con el fondo y lo que parecen ser hojas me distraen mucho. El color de la flor me encanta.
Saludos

i think i like the color but the black and white has unique qualities.

Thats a beautiful shape you have captured Noah. If the whole of the flower was sharp and a squarer crop with the bg more out of focus might do the trick. Just my two cents :)

thanks Pradeep!!

Noah,

Such a good effort - I agree with what's been stated above - keep 'em coming!

Cheers,
Jon