Afternoon idea

Hi Radu,

  Beautiful image with wonderful colors & details.  Take care, Patsy

The flower seems well rendered here. The lighting is soft and describes the flower and it stands out well against the dark background. It appears to be in some kind of liquid or water. Frankly I'm having a hard time reading the "idea" behind Afternoon Idea. I can't identify what those things are in the picture with the flower. And the blue? water droplets look suspiciously hand placed in a rather symmetrical way that looks a bit forced. Maybe that was intentional.
I'm genuinely pleased to see Radu experimenting with still life. The is so much potential expression all just sitting on a table.

I cannot decide which is more garish, the photo or the subject. Aside from a somewhat claustrophobic composition the technical aspects are well handled. The end result however comes across to me as cloying, contrived and lacking any nuance. The lighting has a sort of 'deer in the headlights' feel that could have worked with another subject, for a flower it feels too full frontal.
I'm having trouble trying to figure out where the photographer was trying to go with this set up. There is a clinically sterile look to the image which if intended is successful. Personally I tend to think of flowers as sensual and romantic, something which this rendering certainly is not.