It's been awhile, but I'm quite certain there was at least 1 flash and 1 reflector involved here.
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Beautiful. I'm not sure if I want to see a little more of the petals and a little less of the stem at bottom, or if I like it the way it is. This composition definitely works, though.
As I said, I did remember this off the top of my head, so it stuck in there after looking at it and it also struck me a bit when I saw it, but not enough to originally make me comment.
I like all the texture you've got going on, and the light on the leafy bits is really quite nice, as it sculpts them very well. I like how three dimensional the whole thing feels. I also like how the petals sorta blend together, they look much more ephemeral in comparison to the green parts. Your choice to go with a photo of a flower that is largely not flower is interesting, but I like it. It's nice to see flowers from ways we don't normally. It's a very nicely done floral shot, in my mind.
Nice colours, great focus on the little strands there on the green, a really great macro shot. The composition is good, although I wish a bit more of the petals were in view, purely because that red is gorgeous.
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