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Sounds like you are hitting the same stops that all of have us visited throughout our photographic journey with getting bit by the bug, upgrading gear, learning the pros and cons of primes, processing, etc. It's GREAT!
No worries about the aperture! I am more pleased that it's something you're actively thinking about as opposed to just winging it. The flowers are pretty close to your subjects, so you would still get them in the image but they would have a nice pleasing blur about them.
Personally I find myself using LR for the majority of my images and I will use PS for certain tasks.
I probably need to work on my OWN workflow a bit because I love Levels in PS and Gimp, and as far as I know you cannot access this the same manner using LR. You can set a white point and then use the Black and Whiter sliders to adjust accordingly, but I think this may move more than just those point. You can also try leveraging the Tone Curve in LR, but I haven't played with that much myself.
http://www.the-graphics-tablet.com/image-files/lev-good-histo.jpg
In the image above, you see the white point (2), black point (1) and midtone/gamma (3). Adjust the midtones accordingly and you'll get a richer image.
Cheers!
Jeff
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