Exposure adjustment
Brightness/contrast
Hue/Sat toned down reds
Desaturate
Cloned out a tiny spider web
Dodge/Burn
Neat Image
Unsharpen Mask
Spot sharpen with Sharpen Tool
Statistics
Place: 153 out of 383 Avg (all users): 5.6096 Avg (commenters): 6.4444 Avg (participants): 5.4505 Avg (non-participants): 5.8727 Views since voting: 805 Views during voting: 199 Votes: 146 Comments: 10 Favorites: 0
Fit Challenge Criteria: 2/2
Contrast/Color: 1/2
Composition: 1/2
Photo Quality: 1/2
My Subjective Affinity: 0/2
I think the bud in front takes away from the punch of the image, and also feel that both flowers should be in focus, as that is the subject of the photo. The isolation from the background is good but the tones are a bit bland.