It seems that your images have become half photo and half art, created using your computer to get the image that you want to see. You are just too good at it. Your ability to create beauty in images has grown rapidly in the last year or two.
The saturation and sharpness in the subject works nicely with the overlaid background that you chose for it.
Now this is what I expected from you, and yes, you can take some great floral images with your Roz stamp of approval, with your amazing processing.....
I like both versions for different reasons.
The dark background one has a harsh 'straight on' light like it was 'photographed' on a scanner. A few photographers have had great success with their scanner shots, so its not a bad thing. It certainly personifies death effectively.
The white background has a more optimistic look at death. Not so sad and gloomy.