Post processing

I pretty much lack any creative talent whatsoever. As a result of this, when looking to take photos I am often trying to capture something I know that I like. I tried this recently with the idea of focusing on a small flower and playing around with the focus so that I could have a relatively shallow depth of field. I also wanted to have the flower quite well lit. Almost like the sun was shining directly on it. I was happy with the result as it is what I was trying to achieve(ish)

The problem with the above is that I don't see any point in the finished product. Sure it looks ok but I am hardly going to put it in any kind of portfolio. So as usual I will try and fiddle about in photoshop to see whether I can achieve a more pleasing result. Normally I will go straight to black and white or rather convert to grayscale, but this time I wanted to play around with the tints as well. The finished product looked a little better in my opinion.