Does this work as foreground interest? C+C please

[eddieitman]

Does this image work?
Does it create sufficient interest or is the use of Bokeh to distracting
this was a Zenitar F1.7 wide open





No borders and level adjusted

[Attila]

Definetly, beautiful image!

[rbelyell]

i like it, though i do think 'creamier' bokeh would work better. if i might respectfully suggest cropping some of the side bushes out of the photo. i think that would be less distracting, create more drama with the pathway and bring us just a tad closer to the subject leaf, all of which i think might be positive for the overall impact.
tony

[eddieitman]

Rbellyel thankyou, I have tried another crop as suggested

[rbelyell]

i like both! what do you think?
tony
ps i do think i like the cropped version better, a little more dramatic and intimate...

[David]

The cropped version is definitely superior.

[iangreenhalgh1]

Uncropped first one works better compostionally, the sides of the boardwalk draw the eye deeper into the photo.

The bokeh looks nice to my eyes, not too busy.

[Attila]

[SonicScot]

Either crop works for me but something in my mind wants the whole scene to be more central.

Bonus point for the best use of selective colouring I've seen this year.

[eddieitman]

Thankyou all for the comments, Sonicscott you flatter me

[Tesselator]

I like the original but I'd lose the bevels. Also it seen the BG pier end is too high up in the frame by a little bit.

Nice-ish selective color and DOF!

[Attila]

To me disturb only I have to scroll down blured area to get sharp center, once is done and I not look only top part , this is a great picture.

[Katastrofo]

I like the first version, too, but lose the bevel and level...heheh.

[Himself]

[Pontus]

A nice image for sure, but I wouldn't qualify it as "foreground interest" image the way I think you mean it to. You have a foreground, yes, but the foreground is supposed to draw the attention to the background. What backround? By using a large aperture you don't have a background which actually is supposed to be the main subject in an "foreground interest" picture.

[Nisseliten]

It's an excellent image, I might have in retrospect chosen to shoot it a few inches to the left to make the pathway lines converge in the center for extra drama.

[Kram]

I would have moved the leaf off-center. I don't care much for the monochrome/color effect.

[Tesselator]

[sonyrokkor]

Hello.

I like all of them. Different ways, all valid. Only one thing to me: The clear background part of the image distracts to me from the green subject. Less clear background? There is some tension between the clear foreground and the clear background. For my taste the foreground should be more clear than the background to enfatize the green leaf. Only a detail, no more.

[Orio]