Pinky & Perky

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The flower looks pretty cool, but if your going to flood black around it, and shred the greenery around it, why not make the background solid black. You just have particles of the surrounding colors around it. Very unballanced. The flower is whole but the surroundings are fragmented.

In hindsite I realise I could have done better - The back ground on the left is exactly as it came out and the right hand side was similar but even less detailed so I removed it. I have since cleaned the background up completely apart from a few leaves at the botom which, I think, add interest without upsetting the balance too much

The new post with the leaves at the bottom works very well. It looks more like the base of the flower and is not distracting. Keep at it...