Hey Katherine,
I just finished re-editing the beach photos.
And I LOVE the results.
I think you’ll find it’s a very different look and feel.
And I tried to address each of your points you made.
FYI – I know you said you like to edit photos. If you want to play around with the red rose color issue of your bouquet. Go to “color”, select “red” and keep saturation normal. But decrease “luminance”. See here:
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