Very interesting!
I think it’s really fun that there’s this little ball of red sitting on top of the leaf. Like, it looks like it’s not attached to anything and it’s just balanced up there ready to roll off either side of the leaf with the next breath of wind. 🙂
No, everyone knows it’s just a holly berry out of focus in the background, but still, I think there’s a lot of accidental flavor that is missing in a lot of pictures these days: creativity.
I shoot a lot for beauty; portrait photographers strive to capture the moment; wildlifers are looking for action and instinct. But it’s not common to see optical illusions or compositions that cause the viewer to see something different than what’s really there.
Anyway, just rambling. Those creative photographers have to be just as skilled with their cameras and as knowledgeable about compositional technique and exposure manipulation to know how to create imagery that is both creative and artistic.
If you’re new to the DSLR world, start on P mode (that is if you are using Canon), get a feel for the many settings that are on your camera, learn about exposure enough to move over to Av and Tv, and then start using M when you find the other modes starting to fail you.
Photography is more than just clicking pictures with your camera. Have you read Get Started? You might also enjoy my blog posts on Getting Started in Portraiture and especially 3 Steps to the Perfect Picture.