Again, jpg, color is much better from the tiff, which I dont have ;-)

I took a black foam core board, drilled a small hole and but the board on a cheap tripod vertically, then put the rose through it so I would have some working distance.

Lighting was actaully difficult, a lot of shadows were thrown since i had no lighting gear and due to the rain (monsoon) had to be indoors.

I think it's a good technique to use, but lighing needs to be done better, a blue sky color would look really good I think.