Faded Flower...

These are my birthday flowers that I received from my father; beautiful aren't they! I was determined to take a picture of them, but as the days went by they soon lose some of their color. When I actually decided to take this picture, the color of the flowers were faded. That is the reason why this particular picture is Black&White, I also cropped and increase the black levels. Something I would change about this picture would be to darken the background on the top right corner a bit more; just to center the attention to the bottom flower.