Rotate
A bunch of selective color layers
Levels layer
Crop
Grain added (around 4%)
and clone two hot pixels (although I'm am pretty sure they're not in the cropped version
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I didn't vote on this challenge, but I suspect I would have probably given this a 6 or maybe 7 - I thin it is rather lovely. You conjure up a feeling of melancholy, of sadness and dejection, which the grain helps to emphasise. Yes, I like it
I like the tight composition here, also the effect that grainess adds, as if trying to be closer to the subjects, but still far from seeing their intimate relationship, conveyed by the title, which, by the way, I find a bit "silly" (pardon!) for not being complete with the "why", because I think these photos should have a life longer than the challenge.
This is one of those love it or hate it photos. I am sure you will be told about the grain by many commenter. I happen to like it a lot, and think the grain adds a new dimension to the flowers. This is not just an image of more boring flowers.
I don't really like how grainy the photo is. If this is what you were after then it turned out great. There are some people on here who may like it...just not me. Great idea though.