messing with a rose

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I like these "life cycle" pics, which show buds, flowers-in-their-prime, and spent flowers.

But the thing that grabbed me, when I saw it on the "big screen," was the leaf right next to the flower in its prime. The curves.................

So that's what I wanted to isolate.

Here's the original.





First attempt at crop. Ok.





Not quite so close. Ok. Don't like this any better than the prev.





Tilt? Not. Don't like this one.





Even closer? Yup. Like this one.

I think the irregularities in the petal nearest the top are distracting. I like the way the leaf really stands out in this version of the image.

Look back at the original. Cropping is all I did -- doesn't it make a huge difference? From "ho hum, another rose," to "OH yeah"..............



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