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I can see where you're going with this, Marcel, and this kind of image is quite a popular metaphor for strength - the tiny little plant forcing its way up through a huge rock and perhaps even splitting it asunder (although very slowly) as it grows. Clearly the sun is playing a major part here but in this case, in terms of light, sadly it isn't helping very much. The top part of the plant is in shadow, the exposure on the leaves immediately below the shadows is quite good, but the rest of the plant is a little flat, there is no sense of depth and dimension which gives life to a photo. I'm guessing the sun was a little high in the sky?
Comp is quite basic and works for the simplicity of the shot. I was surprised to see that this was shot at f.5, I would have thought it was a stop or two down like f2.8. I think the bokeh works. If only the sun had cooperated a little more, in a couple more hours' time or so (esp at this time of year) when the light was lower and perhaps shot so the plant was backlit and glowing...that's what voters wet their panties over ;-)
Hope this has been helpful, feel free to pm me with any questions.
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