Stubborn

[Ed Vatza]

Some leaves just refuse to give it up and fall.

Canon 30D; Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L; handheld

1/250 sec @ f/4; ISO 400; +2/3 EV; AWB; FL 68mm; Natural light

[Anita Bower]

Ed:

I enjoy the Beech leaves that hang on all winter. By the end of winter these leaves will be almost white. They add spots of warm color to otherwise grey woods.

Anita Bower

[Mike Moats]

Hey Ed, I like this comp, and the nice warm feel in color of the leaves. Good job on the BG. Well done.

[Ed Vatza]

Thanks Anita. Thanks, Mike.

I didn't particularly find the leaves an exciting subject while in the field but I really liked how the image turned out with the ice and all.

[Julie Kenward]

You did an excellent job with this one, Ed! All the leaves are in focus AND the BG is nicely blurred. I really love the color of the BG against the color of the leaves...it's very calm and understated but has plenty of wow to it.

[Ed Vatza]

Thanks, Jules. Glad you like this one. I appreciate all your coaching over the past year.

Merry Christmas.

[denise ippolito]

Ed, A very nice composition w/ a beautiful BG-Nice details thru-out! Happy Holidays to you and your family!!! Eat plenty of Veggies tomorrow!!

[Ed Vatza]

Ed, A very nice composition w/ a beautiful BG-Nice details thru-out! Happy Holidays to you and your family!!! Eat plenty of Veggies tomorrow!!

Thanks Denise and Happy Holidays to you and yours as well. (Hey we found a great vegetarian restaurant in Belmar - Kaya's Kitchen, only a heartbeat from Silver Lake.)

The menu for tomorrow includes vegetable lasagna, a mixed veggie casserole, cranberry salad, and, ready for this Roman, vegetarian holupki!

[Roman Kurywczak]

.... ready for this Roman, vegetarian holupki![/quote]

Say it isn't so!!! That's sacriligious:eek:!

[denise ippolito]

Ed, I'll have to try it out, I've been a vegetarian for 27 years and have lived at the shore for most of my adult life and have yet to find a good spot! Close to Silver Lake -sounds like a homerun-don't know what holupki is!

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Denise,
Stuffed cabbage!

[denise ippolito]

Good to know!

[Ed Vatza]

Yes Roman, its true. I use a soy-based veggie crumble instead of grandma's ground beef/pork combo. Denise, holupki is a Ukrainian name for stuffed cabbage. We use a veggie crumble/rice mixture with sauteed onions in the rolled cabbage leaves. We cover them with saurkraut and tomato juice and cook them in the oven. Yum!

Kaya's Kitchen is in a small strip mall a half block west of Main Street in Belmar and just off 9th if my memory serves. I just drive straight from the playground along Silver Lake and we're there in about a minute. Its kind of a funky place but the food is really good.