Much better, nice capture.
Looks very good overall Brian. Not sure why the leading bloom is not in focus.
Me I would crop/clone out the color stripe at the bottom.
Lovely colour in that flower Brian.
I'm with Jim on the yellow strip at the bottom...I'd lose it and the yellow on the far left side. Let that beautiful 'blue' sing unchallenged.
+1 to Jim and Sharon
I started this year recognizing that my composition needed work. I will ponder the suggestions about the yellow.
Not sure about the focus points the flower bud in the middle seems like it should be in focus?, but a lot of potential in the shot... I would crop out the yellow strip to
Actually I kind of like the yellow colour in the image, what is it?