This photo wouldn't have been a keeper anyway, because the top of the flower isn't as sharp as I'd have liked.
However, something really bothers me.
It somehow feels like the flower is looking out of frame & that blows the composition apart. I didn't notice it when I was setting up the shot, only when I got it onto the computer. When I was composing it I was imagining the bud behind would draw the eye back towards the centre, but it doesn't.
I can't ask, 'does this bother anyone else?', as that's getting too far towards opinion, & also 'can an inanimate object 'look'?' feels a bit like it needs a psychologist to answer, though maybe many aspects of photography are psychological.
So perhaps - Can an inanimate object be perceived in the same way as a human subject, in terms of how it guides the eye towards other important aspects of a picture or, intentionally or otherwise, distract by 'looking out of the frame'?
For anybody wondering about the details -
it's a 5-layer focus-stack 1/125s 135mm f.4.5 on 68mm extension tube.
Subject is under 10mm wide. My DoF is maybe 0.5mm at a guess, the difference in distance to camera from stamen to petals is maybe 2mm. The bud to the right is maybe 10mm behind the flower.
If a car comes past the house I get motion blur.
I tend to capture these as fast as I possibly can & check back later - these particular flowers can wilt so fast that they droop out of frame whilst the stack is being shot.