Quote Originally Posted by Ronnoco
Actually because of the direction of the pistils in the flower, I would have moved them more to the right of the frame and leave more space of the left hand side. Apparent direction of the subject and off centre placement are inter-related.

Having said that, I will readily admit however that with some flower photos, centering is unavoidable.

Ronnoco
I didn't have enough picture on the left side to do that and still have it work compositionally. If I was drawing it, I might add the missing part to the left, although I personally like the unusual tension created by it almost "running" off the left side of the page.