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xysmas,

I asked the question because it (Post #4) just sounded like something you made up on the spur of the moment because windrider86's eyes were distracted. There are times when the "guidelines" may be crossed, but that comes from being very well experienced in the basics. Good constructive criticism has to be based on something, otherwise this category would be called "Like/Don't Like" with little boxes in which to put a checkmark.

Since I find emoticons a poor substitute for language, I used a commonly-held view plus a quote from your post to ask a question. It was a legitimate question, not rhetorical, the answer to which I hoped would reveal something more about the "intention."

When in doubt, I forget everything written about a photograph, and just look at it again. The overly bright stuff on extreme right is distracting, and is not clearly a "rather brilliant sunset." If you had been behind the leaves "lit...up rather wonderfully," and the blobs of color were a part of the spaces between those leaves, the photo could have been a striking combination of your title.