Flower help here please......

[Greg McCary]

Tips, Advice? Does it work?

[omegaphotoz.com]

I like the lighting on the flower, but I think that you are lacking light on the lower part of it if you keep the wide shot. I think that if you crop it in so that just a bit of the lower part shows, you'll make the flower itself pop that much more...

[Desertdog]

I like the inconsistent lighting, it makes it a unique flower shot, not just more of the same

[Frog]

focal point seems to be on the leaf. Needs more dof or focal point on the flower center.
I have a thing about stuff leading off frame like the leaf is doing.
Is it a flash pic?

[Greg McCary]

Yes Frog. It was a flash. I was playing around with the flash and I thought the unbalanced lighting looked good.

[Tony Figueira]

Hmmm. I not sure on the lighting, have you tried uping the contrast a bit ?

I'm just thinking if you want to add some real unbalanced lighting mood and at the same time give a bit of a glossy look, you might want to play around with the contrast.