Hey Jay,
I really like this one! I like how you composed this and even the softening of the petals works here to give this a great painterly feel! I would toy with lightening the dark areas a bit......but this was very well done overall!
Jay, I can see why Roman would say you should consider lightening up some of the darker areas but I love it just the way it is. It's a very 'moody' shot. :)