After the Rain

Do you think I need to edit out the flower in the back?

If by "flower in the back" you mean the iris blooming lower on the stem, which appears below and to the left of the main focus of the image, No, not at all. I rated this image higher than I ever usually rate flower pictures precisely because I found the composition really very, very striking just the way it is.

I was looking at this image again and decided I liked it even more. Because of the "S" -ness of the composition.

 

I am eagerly awaiting my own irises' flowering in a few months.

Really, really, really nice!