Actually, it's not the leaves only. I used a cracks brush to give a slightly decayed and old feeling to it. The character in my original intentions had to be sort of incarnation of Fall, that's why I decided I had to make it look a bit scratched, but well, if it looks demonic, it was a complete failure
Sadly the decay ruins the perfection of the shot, as I said. But something had to be changed and with changes something was lost. I suppose the two images represent two different things, so even if the image is the same, I shouldn't compare them as if they were the same. I-don't-know
Thanks a lot for the interesting and useful feedback!