What I meant by perspective is how you view the subject. It's clear that the leaf was the subject but the way that you portrayed the leaf was not interesting to me. I like it better cropped. The perspective of the subject changed. Before it was just another leaf, now it is more interesting because it stands out by itself.
In the original shot, if the leaf were different in some way (discolored, withered, had a bug on it . . . anything!) then it would have been way more interesting.
Sorry . . . I suck at explaining things. lol