Survival

Interesting formations for sure, but with the flowers playing such a small part in the image I'm not sure that your intended message is coming across. I don't really have any constructive remarks other than to perhaps zoom in closer (if that were possible).

I'm not so sure I agree with Bill. You need to show a fair bit of barren rock to emphasise the adverse conditions in which the flowers are flourishing and the dab of yellow offsets the bare stone perfectly. The central placement of the blooms is a bit of an issue, though. I'm not going to say you shouldn't place things in the centre but here, where the eye is naturally drawn to this little splash of colour, putting the flowers bang in the middle is rather like underlining your point in heavy marker and covering it in yellow highlighter for good measure. I don't think you should be too slavish about 'rule of thirds' or anything like that but a little bit of offset would work wonders here, imo.

The rocks are actually more fascinating to me than the flowers. What a unique combination of textures. Could maybe see burning down the bright rocks at the bottom a bit more.

Thanks for the suggestions. I have played around with the cropping suggestions to no avail. If I put the flowers off center I lose the rock formation on the right which to me is an important component of the scene. If I use photoshop I can place the flowers on the barren stems and remove them from the left to accomplish an off-center presentation, but didn't consider that for this submission because it is "natural" the way it stands. Probably will do that before printing. I have burned the foreground light areas to reduce their brightness and that definitely improves the lighting.

I like the idea and composition but find the colours and contrast too flat. You could make more of the contrast between yellow flowers and blue sky.