Hello from the Critique Club
An appealing image that is deemed to meet the challenge
My own perception of bokeh has always been much more clearly identified with specular highlights as opposed to soft or OOF areas which is where I would place your entry. The challenge brief would also seem to veer more towards the soft focus rendering than my own interpretation so feel free to ignore my comments.
This is a competent image of a feeding humming bird, the focus is good and the composition is good too, the soft focus background is devoid of detail and therefore unobtrusive and serves as a plain background against which the bird shows up well. The body and head are sharply captured and the blur in the bird's wings is very appealing. The exposure is good there is detail throughout but for me there is no bokeh at all.
Thanks for your submission, Sid |