So if grass is the subject then theres no bg/neg space. And if grass is the bg/neg space then theres no subject for it to give wow to. Somethings missing imo. but its a nice shot of grass.
For me, this would score even higher if the bottom were cropped a bit more so the dark band/top of grass wasn't running through the center of the photograph. I like the color progression. 5
I think many may not see the negative space in this picture. I think I can follow your train of thought with this, but whatever it was, I like this outcome. The DOF is great, the lighting is great, and the variation of colors works very well with this image.