Almost too good a photo for the challenge in that excellent quality the black and white conversion does not really (to me) convey a sense of end of life/decay. Great image though which is very attractive
Edward Weston? I bet a little bounce reflector on the left side would have opened up those shadows just enough to make this even more perfect. This is definitely a 10. Nice pic!
Left side out of focus. It might have helped if the flower looked more dead too. Plus the B&W looks drab amoung all the other colorful images, and photo does not have real good contrast (white is rather gray). (5)