glenncadman

Great flower shot, my eye goes straight to the center red stamens . However not sure of the background, from my point of view either its not dark enough (black) or it should be much brighter with the green leaves/stems blurred out with bokeh . I think my brain is saying "well if the flower is in the light then why is the leaves in the dark?"  The shadows on the leftmost petals are also a bit of a distraction.  The left bottom corner also looks in shadow from an artifact of the photo taking process 

My eye goes to the highest contrast area is to the left with the semicircle black thing, it is a distraction because I don't know what it is.  Otherwise nice composition