Assignment: Close-up shot with ring flash

Bryan's comments on this and the crab:

A real stunner of an image here and a perfect execution of flash! Your composition does what it is supposed to do as well-fill the frame in a compelling way-I love the upward movement of the stem and then the trumpet like 'blast' of the flower as it projects itself outward to the right and above! Your crab shot is to put it simply, really funny, BUT I am just as quick to point out that it is also perfectly executed in terms of the 'story-telling' assignment!
Bryan