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In your defense, these are never an easy image to capture.

The lighting for this appears to be adequate. Looking to the lower left of the frame I see a hot spot that really draws my eyes away from the subject.

The subject leaf itself does not really hold my interest, I always feel if the subject is isolated as much as this one is, the subject should really stand out as an outstanding example.  I see too many imperfections in the leaf