Scales of red

Overall, the image has great clarity and softness where it counts. The use of text is quite strong, and plays nicely with the title "Scales of Red". The photograph is accompanied by Metallica lyrics, which I believe to add to its originality.

Text on a blurry background works nicely. I think that the dissolved of the text is effective at making it fall back into middle-ground.

The title has double meaning, since the flower bracts look like scales, and the color of the text is red, however down on the darkness scale from the flower.

Your focus on the illuminated portion of this flower makes the hairs stand-out. This gives the darker portion real depth. It's as if you highlighted the most interesting part of the composition using focus. The text also adds emphasis to the red flower.

Metallica lyrics here seem to aid in understanding the artist more than the art. The prose are soulful however, I fail to see the connection.