I never really noticed that the petals on flowers cast shadows until I took this shot in late afternoon slanting light - not intended for this challenge. I was surprised to see the strong shadows when I looked at it on the computer and scrapped the shot I had originally taken.
Levels and curves to increase contrast, crop, adjust saturation, unsharp mask, clone a couple of bright spots in the leaves and reduce size.
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Yes, they do. Beyond that ... well, I don't see a photographic point to this. Without shadow our images are a collection of colours, so I think this is hardly getting into the spirit of this challenge. Composition is poor also - a simple documenting of a bloom, of which there are many many thousnad versions, and there is nothing special here I'm afraid.
if you had cropped the picture more tightly to put the onus on the shapes cast by the petals shadow and the different tones of yellow because of the shadows and light, then i think it might appear to fit the challenge description better. unfortunately, for me, it seems the shadow is purely a chance by-product of a (an admittedly well-taken) shot of a flower, and not so much a prominent element. also, i would suggest possibly scooting down a little more so your head is level with the flower; but that's more personal preference and not a knock on your shot... it is still very pretty, the colours are rich and bright, and the detail reasonably sharp... piture gets 8, meeting challenge gets 4, so an average of 6.
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