I can definitely see this one being used as a stock photo

I think this is a great shot. Love the DOF too. From a photography standpoint this is really good, just personally I'm not sure that this is a great example of stock photography.

Thx Ray. I made a change. Trying to grasp this concept of "stock".

I guess its easier to look at pictures as potential stock when you have experience chopping them up . I think the keys are a strong subject of focus (which is all in focus), generally avoid anything that is too 'busy' or moving, OOF. I like this one because of the stong lines and various shapes. You could twist this pic in to a number of other objects.

My personal view on this would be to crop out some of the peripheral objects, such as the care & tree to give a stronger focus on the subject. But this is a better example of stock photography in my view. For inspiration as to what stock photography looks like check out one of rht many pages like shutterstock, sxc.hu. There are a heap of links in the 'resources' tab at the top of the page.

Thanks so much for your advice Ray!! Much appreciated. I have made the suggested crop.

I don't really like the photo (sorry), but I still think it would make a good stock photo. There is so much you can do to this.