I've often found myself lately referring to points of an image 'confusing my eye' - I guess when I look at pictures now I don't concentrate on them I just 'see' them - I know, sounds wierd, but to me it's just my subconcious saying why it likes a picture or doesn't before I break that down into rational technical aspects. What my eye is saying here is that the petals behind the main flower create a bit too much of an extended 'whiteness' away from the middle of the flower you're concentrating on. With just that single flower by itself your eye would be left without anything else to distract it. Also, like Slynk, I'd love to see a little more contrast, but think without the back petals it wouldn't be necessary anyways as the flower would be standing out more. Hope this makes sense and is heading somewhere towards what you asked for..... cheers. (",) btw, sorry, I did neglect to say that I really do like the flower itself, and love the dof you've caught here!