Ah! What a beauty this is! I love this extremely shallow focus, just a hint of what's there, just enough to be intriguing...and the color...simply exquisite...gorgeous work.
Great image. I like the shapes of this and the lighting looks great. I very much think thhis is zennish, a zennish abstract. I think the contrast between the rounded edges and the rigid straightness of the stems is wonderful. I don't normally say this but I do find the strip of focused leaf to be distracting. I think a meld of softness that we'd see without it would look wonderful and very zen. I'm not sure if others would agree of course, but that's my vote! I gave a 6
Although the minimal tonal qualities of this is an excellant attempt at meeting the challenge, I found the business of the leaf to disturb it's calmness. Just a bit, but enough that I didn't vote this as high as I'd like.