...the shadow catched my attention...the texture in the background is very fine...
I hope you don't mind a very personal proposal...to give the composition a more abstract feeling I would crop from the top half of the leaf...increase the mental split between the reality and what the light makes out of it...
Sure i don't mind, Verena. I have more photos with the subjesc, i find it very atractive, isn't it? See in the attachment an other version. Grusse from Romania.
...I agree...attractive object...I like the attached version extra for me...I'm addicted to b&w...that one...deduct the colours...my heart could fly...