I find the black on the top alittle distracting ...makes me dizzy....as if My eyes cannot focus well when i looked at the picture.
Maybe you can try to crop out the black on top...the leaves beyond the rose already have enough OOF ...so your rose will still be empahsized. The black below also provide enuff contrast ...so don't need the top black.
Nevertheless .. Nice picture.
Softening well done...:thumbsup: