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Floral shots are super common. That, in and of itself is unavoidable, and shouldn't stop you from shooting flowers. However it must push you to shoot a unique image.
A straight-down shot of a flower is the least creative angle you can shoot a flower from.
A dew covered rose is common enough to be cliche.
Your composition, having the rose smack-dab in the middle of the shot, is about the worst possible composition you can have. Having your subject dead-center of the frame makes the image look like a snap-shot no matter how well you post-process it.
Finally, post processing. You appear to be pretty proficient in your post skills, and that's great. Your background is cooled to help the rose pop, and that's nice. Also the contrast between the sharpness of your subject and background is good. The clarity of the droplets is crisp and defined, which they should be for this type of shot. The only thing I would suggest as far as technique goes is to possibly use a lighter touch. Your rose almost looks like it's part of a different image that's been pasted in, and separating the foreground and background a little less could help unify the elements.
For example, when I'm processing often I will adjust something to where I think it looks cool and then drop the opacity of that adjustment or layer to 50-75%. What looks good to me after a few hours staring at Photoshop will often look pretty extreme to someone seeing the image for the first time.
All in all I think you're a good photographer, and you have some good technical skills under your belt. You should really focus on learning composition and creativity. Shoot it like this until you have your camera tuned to exactly how you want it set for the subject then shoot another hundred or more pictures from all different angles and focal lengths. Experiment experiment experiment.
While I'm more of a insect than floral shooter I can tell you, my best shots all involved rolling around on the ground, getting a bit dirty, and looking at the world from a different angle. A different point of view is what makes an image compelling, that's what will make someone look twice.
Anyway, keep up the good work!!!
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