I think this shot is great, nice elements and interesting effect Gubbs. You could try cropping a bit off the top to see if that helps draw your eyes to the flowers, but to my eyes it's nice like this. Well done.
Gubbs - I like this. The treatment you gave it is striking. You ended up with really black flowers and almost white stems & leaves. I like having the buildings in the BG to give it a sense of location instead of "just flowers". You might try cropping the OE sky from the top but it doesn't really bother me.
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I'd love to see a colored version.
regards
alan
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AJ
Oh, and let me throw in a couple of these:
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