I think this actually would have been much better if the entire image was in focus.
Thanks for the comment ... I may give that a try someday, but for this challenge, I would expect I wouldn't have finished with a 6+ if everything was in focus, considering the assignment was a SHALLOW DOF.
focus point works as well as the shallow dof. i do think though that this is one of those stock shots, and i'm wondering what, if any, story exists in the image.