Love the angle you capture this pink beauty at & you brought the sharpness of the cacti spines nicely. Wonderful capture Jen.

A beauty within the thorns. A great shot. Like how off centered and the angle of the flower is. Nice job on this.

I think you're dissatisfied because you have such neat subject material and it's out of balance.
The flower and everything behind it generates the most interest, and there isn't enough room in front of the flower to counter-balance that visual weight.
If you've cropped anything from the left side, you might reinstate some of it , and tighten up the other three borders.
If there isn't any more image to the front of the flower, you could Flop the image, tighten up the crops on the other three sides, and the viewing flow will feel more natural and forgiving in the new direction.
You really have to see it, but it has to do with how we see and scan things in the Western hemisphere. Left to Right.

Those thorns surrounding the bloom make it stand out from other flower postings. It's different. I like it.

I used to grow cacti...'miniature ones' and this was identical to one I had...this spines are bloody sharp, so I hope you didn't get pricked?...
Good contrasting work on this!..

For every beauty there is a thorn hiding...those look real sharp...R.

Jen - Ignore any 'please do not touch' signs and the person gets what is deserved! lol The fleshy cactus and thorns takes on new beauty when the flower blooms. In this image, it is nearly centered, with the eye expecting more space to the left; perhaps that is what is the struggle with this image for you. Thad

The bold, brazen flower blooms her heart out knowing she can't be touched. Wonderful close up, Jen.

What a gorgeous flower from such a picky plant.

Great shot! I guess this gives new meaning to "Please don't pick the flowers":))

I looked at it twice. I think that is the way you wanted it seen. Two bad the flower wasn't a bit sharper.

Vic