I think its a good exercise in controlling your depth of field Pete, but as a shot it doesn’t work for me. I do think that you made a good choice compositionally, but the subject is lacking, the colour and texture of the pipe aren’t enough to hold interest for me personally ..
I like the stong composition – this is the sort of shot that I might try in the future, but… I find the yellow bar on the left hand site of the image + strong out of focus highlights distracting to the point where there is an unwanted tension in the image. There is something there that I just can’t put my finger on. However it is a good ‘Lomo’ image