Oh for criminy's sake...another flower! LOL. I do like this but it doesn't seem to meet the challenge. If it does it's by a hair. Wish the lighting was more similar on the left and right outer petals. Oh, if this were a 'light' picture you'd get another pt from me.
For a black and white image, the flower itself seems to hover too much around the middle-greys. It's just borderline between a soft shot and a nice, contrasty shot -- and I think it should go one way or the other.
Lovely shot. Further flower appears not quite as crisp is the near one. No other critique as this shot is that good. Keep up the good work! Photo 9 Creativity 6 Shadows 8 total 8
Although it would be difficult with the light levels in your picture, it would have been nice to have more DOF. As it is, the eye is attracted to the light area on top of the flower which is a little behind the focus point. If possible it would have been better to focus about 1/3 of the way, or maybe even a little further, back from the front of the flower. Then the light part would be sharp, and even if the front was a little blured it would help the eye move to the center of interest in you picture.