Very nice image, good sharpness - works well as a negative. I like the background - gives a "glowing effect"
I agree with the crop issue. You have loose flowers on the top left hand side that "pulls" the eye.
I see you ended with almost 5,5 -which is basically in the range of your latest entries. You are now in that difficlut stage on how to get from 5 to 6 and then 7. Like your work though.
This image works well as a negative, everything except the black backround wich of course turned completely white. If the white part had been slightly darker or with some texture in it I would have liked this much better but still nice, I gave this a 6.