Initially out of focus areas attracted more attention than the green plant in focus. The parts of the plant that are in focus (middle to left) have same as or low(er) brightness than the much bright(er) OOF background. As such the green plant does not stand out solely on sharpness of focus. All in all, there was nothing in particular “interesting”.

On later visits I started to note the colors themselves. So instead of seeing the image as “green leaves in focus on bright, light, blurred colored background”, I now see the image as layered patches of colors.

About your first comment: any comment indicating an appreciation of my photography is, by definition, not useless About that photo, I put the background out of focus because the details were not important, only the colors. (The detail would have seriously detracted from the overall feeling, due to utility wires and such). I focused on the plants in the foreground knowing that they were not interesting, with the idea that the disconnect (between the optical focus and the emotional focus) would add something to the overall result. I did something similar in the the photo I currently use for my desktop background image. It works for me; YMMV. —Jeffrey

You received the dropping of the leaves when you lived
at your parent’s place so suspect Kyoto is not that much different.

On the other hand, maybe it is; you have the full frame computer
with a camera to record said event; that of itself
is the difference!