Simply a rose. Lighting with an halogen lamp from the top left. I only applied a slight unsharp mask and a slight overall level adjustment (with the purpose to darken the background).
Time exposure: 3.2 sec; diaphragm 16. -2/3 stop exposure compensation
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Returning for comment and bumping up. This is really quite lovely - composition is good, lighting is excellent, clearly meets challenge, technically well done. Good luck in the challenge.