Used several processing steps, neat image, USM in several stages, levels, cropped some.
Copied the bg to a new layer, applied it in Hard Light with gaussian blur, and erased the section arount the bug and flower, served to add contrast & interest to the bg elemenst without blurring the bug/flower. dodge/burn in some spots..
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nice idea, great color, too much negative space unless you wanted to make this a minimalistic piece, if so then right side is distracting, if not then comp needs work, blacks need work, whites a little blown, angle ok, ok movement, overall ok job
The green flower stalk on the right in my opinion does not add to the image.
I realize it would have made a narrower image if cropped out and guess that was your reason for keeping it. Nice colors and good title. All the best
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