Thanks very much for the kind words. I'm just trying to improve my photography and this 52 thingy is really helping.Smoke, I love this shot and think it is a cracker too, the BG really helps show off the seed heads and the smoke is brill Yours and Emma shots are the best for smoke imo
I think it needed the shadows or it would have looked like it was photoshopped onto a white bg. Also with only one Speedlight it was very hard if not impossible to not have them.