Macro
Supressed flash
Cloned out shadow in bottom right corner
Sharpened lightly x2
I love the softness of the pink and the way the light shines through the centre
How beautiful nature is!
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This is a lovely flower... I think there are several opportunities to improve the shot though... The background/surface color doesn't provide any particularly strong contrast or support for the flower and its colors. The composition here seems a bit odd to me as well. It's a tight crop on the left and right. I would have considered cropping even tighter or including the whole flower rather than clipping the very tips of the petals.
NIce flowe shot is a sea of many flowers this challenge. Well done. I may have cropped is a little more in at the obttom to make it a bit more symetical, but the shadow at the bottom also works
Technical: fits the challenge. Exposure focus lighting all good, composition could be stronger.
Personal: I love the light from behind, and the colors are lovely. But I think a different composition could make this shot better- I'd prefer to see all the petals in full or for them all to be cropped evenly.