Serious breach of protocol.

Kirk asked me to put this on the site and since he's probably 20% of our viewers I thought it ok to comply.

This is my entry for the "Rule of Thirds" lesson in my Fundamentals of Composition class. Here is the critique from the instructor:

Who says you have to travel far to take great pictures! This is a really striking shot Dennis with bags of impact not only from the strong colour but also the wonderful textures created by the water droplets and your strong composition. Using a circle within a square or rectangle frame is always a powerful design and you have used that to good effect here placing the centre of the flour away from the middle of the frame and then moving in close to make the most of the pattern of radiating lines formed by the petals. It's definitely a great example of how less can be more, which is a recurring theme that I teach in workshops, because the more time you spend studying a subject in more potential pictures you will see by looking at the detail rather than the subject in its entirety. This is a really great piece of work, well done, and congratulations on being a Photo of the Week!