This is great. A difficult challenge you've set yourself, but effectively done. A couple of minor criticisms: especially in that central area, your processing has taken things, for me, too far toward the graphic and away from the photographic - it's become more like a simple plain of colours. The large field of red that surrounds it, nicely broken up by those water drops, is tremendously effective though. Overall, I would wish it looked more like a photograph and less like an illustration, but there's a huge amount of good things going on - not least your thorough understanding of the imperatives of this aspect ratio. Well done.
Wow!!!! This is STUNNING! One of my favorite flower pictures ever. The water droplets are amazing, and the colors are so pretty! What a wonderful close, fill-the frame composition too! Good luck with this. It's one of my favorites here! 10
Love this brightly colorful flower image.....Magical in every sense....Touches my Heart....."WOW" factor for sure.....and definately a "10" in my book.