Hey there from the Critique Club
Camera Work/Technical: Terrific focus and perfect white balance to provide a very warm feeling to the capture. I do like your depth of field choice that provide the bokeh feel that emayner mentioned.
Lighting: Pretty nice work with very harsh lighting conditions. My only issue with the lighting is the harsh shadow on the left leaf, as well as the part of the branch. This creates a dark hole that distracts the eye, thus trapping it into one area of the image.
Composition/Content: Your chosen composition is just a bit tight. The leaf touching touching the bottom of the frame creates a feeling of tension that contradicts the overall warmth of the image.
My Opinion: I like it, and I think that the scoring was appropriate. While it is diagonal, I don't think that it captured the spirit of the challenge (nor did my sub-5 entry). If this were a bokeh challenge, I think the score would have peaked a bit closer to 6.
Eric
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