Alex_Firework-like Pine Needles

I took this photo this afternoon when I went out for a nature walk, I took a lot of photos on my walk and this photo was among my favorites. I decided to choose this photo for this Sunday's post because I thought this photo was an interesting photo. I like the lighting in this photo because it reflects well on the fresh and balanced colors of the green pine needles. I also like this photo because it looks like the pine needles are like the shape of fireworks when they go off. I think the lighting in this photo isn't too overexposed and the color tones of the needles aren't washed out and distorted. I also like how some of the needles aren't exposed to a lot of sunlight while a majority of the pine needles are casted by sunlight causing them to contrast between lighter green and dark green. I like how the two pine branches are the only subjects in focus and the rest of the other objects in the middle ground and background are out of focus because it draws your attention to the two spiky pine needles in the front of the photo. I also like how the center of the two pine needle branches have a little blossom-like cell which is orangish-yellow/green because it adds variety to the photo and also draws your attention to the details of the photo. I like how there is one pine needle in the middle ground on the right middle corner of the photo which is reddish brown because it catches your eye. I think the most important part of how this photo came out was the great subject lighting on the two branches of pine needles because it is well focused, the color details are nice and you can see the crisp details of the nice green needles. I think if the photo was too overexposed the pine needles wouldn't look as beautiful and smooth to observe. I cropped a little bit of the right side of the frame because there were some non interesting pieces to the photo which would have made the photo slightly less interesting. The only thing I wish I could have changed in this photo would have been to have some of the pine needles in the front of the photo in focus because some of the needles aren't focused completely and makes the photo slightly strange and I also wish you couldn't see another pine branch in the background of the photo because it slightly throws off the focus of the front needles of the pine tree branch. I took this photo on my Nikon D3200 without flash, using auto focus settings, natural lighting, and auto white balance.