
Why did this photograph turn out this way?
This morning I took a few pictures outside of the frost, but when I downloaded them I noticed that one of them had this beautiful, faded vintage-y look to it, but none of the others did. Here's the picture:
I used a DSLR (Nikon D3000) on macro mode (the shutterspeed set itself to about 1/50) with a 2-stop neutral density filter. I think I was also shooting in the direction of the sun, but as you can see it's not in the shot. What made the picture come out like this, and how can I get this effect again? Was it an accident, or is there a specific technique or angle that you need to shoot at to get this kind of lighting/color?
Thanks in advance!
Added (1). Sorry, I guess my question wasn't clear. I'm not talking about the focus of the picture at all, just the lighting and the colors. Everything looks slightly desaturated without being blown out. I almost think it's mainly the shadows that create the effect--they seem like they should be a darker color, but they look under exposed (not sure if that's the right word).
Added (2). I forgot that I had the filter on until I came back inside, but the pictures turned out fine.

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