Road Sign

I was walking along the path, and see this sign, actually what attracted me was not the road sign, but the possible OOF effect, I tried a first shot which includes a tree nearby and more path was shown, but that lacks the focus of the subject, therefore I shot another one tighter. I deliberate use F1.4 instead of F1 because I know the OOF is soft enough, yet I do not want it to be so soft to be totally unrecognizabl