Holding on to lifeby
mattrixComment by karmat: CRITIQUE CLUB CRITIQUE
by karmat
In general, challenge criteria notwithstanding, this is an awesome shot. you have captured the detail in an amazing way, and it is neat to just sit and look at the picture. Compositionally, it works well. It fills the frame and has a strong diagonal. Part of me wants to see it mirrored horizontally, though, so that the eye goes from the bottom left to the upper right, which seems a bit more natural (in Western culture anyway), than upper left going down. I also think, outside of this challenge (more on that later), a different color background that would compliment the green and really make it *pop* would be interesting.
For this challenge, my understanding was that bokeh was a technique/end result of a background (or foreground) that was more than just out of focus. For this challenge, you background says "shallow dof" to me more than "bokeh." Perhaps if the colors in the background were a touch more defined so that the light was visible. On my computer at home, I can see some greenery across the top, but on my monitor at work, it is almost completely invisible. Of course, that is my opinion, and your mileage may vary.
Good shot, and best to you in future challenges.
karmat
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