A passion flower in Rome..

Jack--

 

In every respect this is a superb detail photo. It's finely focused, nicely balanced, and the lighting captures the texture of the petals well. I love taking flower pics, and so tend to critique them pretty harshly, but there's not much criticism against this shot. Nice job!

This one has garnered some praise, but I wonder what YOU think...

Can't decide if I want the large petals to be evenly lit or not; the ones towards the front are shadowed (by the photographer, perhaps?). Striking composition.