This goes back to doing singular focus

[MiniChris]

and trying to work just one small area of a plant or object to stand solely on its own as a work of art...it comes down, too often that there is one part, one color, one significant part of a whole which, in the end, either makes or breaks the piece, even on the grandest of scales. And, then again, I could be crazier than a March hare and this is trying to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. How about some C&C, please?

[Dave Humphries]

Hi Chris,

My immediate (and rushed) thoughts are;

If you're going for one thing; the red fern, the strong dark vertical lines in the green background (tree trunks?), conflict/distract.

I also might clone out, from the bottom left corner; one, two or three of the intruding leaves.

Must dash,

[whited3]

I like the colours and the backgroubd blur, but I think the blurred red leaves distract from those in focus, and of those some are more so than others.