Beauty in Darkness

[Juga]

Hello all. I wanted to try a new, new to me, technique with the on board flash of my T4i. So I grabbed the prettiest dying rose my wife had in a vase and took a few shots and these were my favorites. On the second one I experimented with some extreme editing so please provide feedback on if it works or doesn't work. The last one is obviously not a rose. Please provide feedback if you desire. Thanks!