Richie, if I hadn't read your narrative I would have considered the blurred bushes in the foreground as bokeh. It doesn't make this photograph any less beautiful. Thank you for the effort made to provide us with a beautiful photograph again!
If you think you can't accept something, try to change it. But if this doesn't work, don't be frustrated, but give it later another try. The one who perseveres wins!
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