I would like to see the background blurred out. The flower itself seems like it was painted. Not sure if that is from the software you used.   Posted: 07/03/2026 23:47:45

Kamal, this is a nice image and while you enhanced it from the original, I believe this is a case where the flower looks better without the texture you added and the original smother petals on the flower are more appealing to me. I don't see any defects in the original pedals so I'm unsure why you did it. But if you took the layer where you changed the flower petals and selected the "inverse" or selected the background and used a blur on that it would have improved it. My eye is particularly drawn to the top left and back about 2in to the right there appears to be a broken/seperation between flower or leave parts and that is definitely and eye sore. Could be fixed with blurred background, or remove tool if you have availability. The brown leaf? at about 4 o'clock should also be edited. Those type of things cause the viewer eyes to leave the image.
Yes, those little things add up and detract from your image. Keep chugging and improvement will appear a little at a time.   Posted: 07/09/2026 01:36:59

I quite agree that the texture on the flower is overdone. The background was also adversely affected (maybe just blurring the background would be enough). You could probably bring out more of the original flower without resorting to a texture. I know -- it is so tempting to overdo processing (see my over red competing background in my month's offering). Just enhancing what is there is very often the best.   Posted: 07/12/2026 18:17:24

Kamal, great flower, love the stamen against the red/pink petals. I can see where you had some difficulty with the petals in that it looks to me like the vivid red color overpowered your sensor much the same way whites can be overblown. Sensors don't like red. Keep up your work, getting more creative all the time.   Posted: 07/12/2026 19:02:04