I was like you, followed the link and looked around, I remember that I wasn't to impressed with the orton techique, only because I have never heard of it, not because I understood it completely, it could have been incomplete..anyhow. love to see someone brave enough to display expermentation, I like it because it has black, so really to understand what type of effect you were after here, you would have to spill out some more of your soul, like the biggist part of your work, did it go to the edges of your flower? or bringing the colors into a black background? overall I like the flower, but off the top, I would boldly say that a soft glow around the edges of it blended into the black might look pretty good. I hate being at work or I might throw up a pimp for you, enjoyed diving into this one.
