I guess I'm not secure in my abilities of Photography. I had to go to Digital because I was wasting too much film and money with bad shots. One thing I do is I keep all my RAW shots and store them on DVD as an archieve. Thanks to JPEG EXIF Information I have the whole history of the photo...
Thanks for your comments. I never take offence to any Critique.
Lovely flower, well lit, focused and exposed, with goos use of DOF and selective focus.
I like the original shot.
But... I guess it's a matter of personal taste: the eccentric framing really spoils it for me. I find it distracts far too much from the beautiful subject.