Oval arrangement

I am in LOVE with my oval arrangement! There is only one thing that I would change about it and that is that I would cascade the flowers more toward the end points so that it looks less like two carnations sticking out of each end. I attempted to do this, but it wasn't drastic enough.

Here is the example:














His stick out way far too. I asked him about this, but apparently this is part of the technique. Who am I to argue?