This may not be, but it does looks artificially blurred. The emphasis is effectively put on the cross and buildings, but something bothers. Nicely composed.
The bokeh doesn't really enhance the image here, rather it gives it an unsettling feeling. I really like the in focus part, but the bokeh part is making me a little sea sick.
We I have to say this really come off looking like a model, whether it is or not somehow this photos makes it look that way. I think it is that the DOF is all off. From where we are looking we should be at least a few thousand feet away from the part that is in focus, and we have several hundred feet that are in focus and yet the background is way out of focus, this just does not look right. For the monument to be in focus the camera would be focused at very close to infinity. All of this adds up to an image that just looks wrong with a glance.
This looks obviously photoshopped to me. Its a great shot, but once a picture becomes about the "photoshop" instead of the "content" it loses its meaning. Nice attempt though
The short definition from KenRockwell.com: "Bokeh describes the rendition of out-of-focus points of light." For me this image does not fit the challenge.
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