Peony Again (edited version)

Same photograph as my earlier one. Wasn't happy with the black patches on the original (which were actually leaves discoloured by the treatment), so I tried to coax out the original leaves. Removing the leaves ltogether 'unbalances' the picture.

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Album name:	Reinardina / Creative Licence
Keywords:	textures / peony / flower / pink
Camera:	Sony DSC-HX100V
Lens:	na
Photo Location:	holland
Critique Welcome, Yes / No:	Yes please
Filesize:	602 KiB
Date added:	Jul 23, 2011
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