Great metal rose. Almost looks real. Would have prefered you not crop the edges off. Would like to have seen it all. Soft focus is good on this. In my opinion the only thing that hurt it is the crop. That cropped off 2 points for an 8. PTL
By centering the flower in the shot, the viewer doesn't have any draw to the other parts of the photo. Perhaps an angle lower and a softer light would spark more interest in other parts of the shot.