The rose was one of a dozen that I gave to my partner on Valentine's day. Placed it on a black serving dish by the balcony doors. Used unsharp mask with The Gimp and adjusted the brightness\contrast to make it a little more stark.
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I like the focus fade to the background on this. A dash more contrast might help you hide the flaws in the bottom right background and might add a little snap to the flower too.
To be honest, I do not get a "fresh morning"-feeling on this flower. Of course there are some water-droplets on it, but one has to look twice to see them. You also might have considered to take away the upper leaf: it looks a little old.
Otherwise I like your submission with the dark background and the variation of the brightness on the flower.
I really like the way this is composed...only nit I have is associated with the background...I think it's better to have a background or not to have a background but whatever it is in top of the frame back there looks like it should either be more pronounced or go away. Overall good photo.. 6
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