Jano- as usual, I agree with your comments. I made both of your suggestions, and it calms the picture down. I was disappointed in the picture originally because I could not get the lans flare without the bh. That, I suppose, is the benefit of PP. Thanks for the solid critique.
Wow! one thing.... if you processed this, I would try to tone down the left part of the long leaf on the left to avoid the bh's... and also clone out the pinkish hue at the lower left of th eimage. Otherwise, I'm really astonished with this image. Lovely. jano