It is red...so red and beautiful, beacause of that I tried to see if I desatured it could still be beautiful. Some of us remain till we get older the same in our souls, more mature but with the same personality; most of us want to be slimer, more beautiful, with muscles etc and we really tried to work on but with us...with our souls what we can do cause the real beauty of people is hidden deep in our souls and only if we work a little bit here can be beautiful on outside too;sometimes we hear she`s so beautiful but so pitty has a bad character or he is handsome but evil on inside;plants can be beautiful on outsides only, plants are not lucky like us...so when getting older (sear) we throw it on the bin and that`s it we don`t remeber anymore maybe only how they smelt...but after us what remains? Critique only!
Excellent desaturated image. The tone you have chosen still retains the warmth of the rose and still makes it look full of life. Some black & white or duotoned florals can look dead and flat. Great work, thanks.