I think a greater zone of sharp focus would have done a lot for this picture. The sudden difference in focus looks like gaussian blur rather than shallow DOF.
Composition and BW processing are nice. The depth of field is probably way to shallow which leaves it with far to much uninteresting detail in the out of focus area. The problem is magnified with a bad case of digital "jaggies" in the sharp areas.
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