Climbing leaves

[knightrider]

I took this earlier in the month when there was some snow about. I like the leaves and bark, but I'm not sure whether to crop more or do some more post processing. All I've done is a slight crop, dodged/burnt a bit and some slight levelling.

All critique welcome

Thanks.

[Frog]

There doesn't appear to be any sharp focal point. Maybe if you sharpened it the bark would be more sharp but the focal point should be the leaves.

[knightrider]

Thanks Frog, I tried to make my focal point the cluster of leaves 2/3rds or the way up the twig, you reckon I didn't catch it? Or is there simply nothing there noteworthy to focus in on?

It was taken at f1.8 too, so very shallow DOF. I'll try again a stop or two slower...

[Frog]

Yes, I think more dof would help.
To be frank, though, I don't see a photo here. You could get some nice texture but with only some leaves and some bark there is nothing to capture my attention. They make good surroundings for a butterfly or bird or something or even something off the wall like a hat or something human that could make it a 'what the?' type shot.
You need to get rid of that overexposed leaf on the left, too.
Just my 2 bits but I can see you are seeing things that most people pay no attention to and it isn't easy to make it so they do.
Keep shooting.