The Leaves are Falling

[Christopher Miller]

I arranged these two maple leaves on a pile of other leaves by the side of our driveway. Any C&C are welcome!

Olympus SP-550 UZ
f5.6 @ 1/80, ISO 100, -0.3 EV
Aperture priority mode, pattern metering, cloudy WB
Processed in PS CS2; cropped a bit, curves adjustments, burned some of the lighter BG leaves, selective sharpened the two maple leaves a bit, and darkened the edges

[Mike Moats]

Hey Chris, I like the placement of the leaves in the frame. I might have tilted the two slightly rather then sitting side by side. The two colorful leaves contrast well with the earthtones of the background.

[Julie Kenward]

Nice one, Christopher! I, too, like the two bright leaves against the earth tones and the fact that there is a bit of frost - that really adds another dimension to the image. I also think the two colorful leaves might be better with one closer to the corner and one midway up the first leaf but, that said, I do like the the stems are pointing to the corner.

You can really tell that you are starting to "see" your images before you create them and that's really wonderful.

[Christopher Miller]

Thanks Mike and Jules! Appreciate your input, and I'll remember your ideas on positioning the leaves for next time.

[Anita Bower]

You found two beautiful leaves to photograph! Nice contrast with surrounding leaves. I wish I understood Mike's suggestion for leaf placement. Nice post processing.

[Ed Vatza]

Nice compositional concept, Christopher. I too like the place and color of the subject leaves. What I'm not real keen on are all the brown leaves. I think I would rather have seen this as a single orange leaf on a bed of yellows. But maybe that's because I just came from workshop where there were a bazillion yellow leaves everywhere.

[Christopher Miller]

Anita, I think what Mike means is that he would have placed the leaves a little further apart at almost a right angle to each other. Correct me if I'm wrong, Mike.

Ed, Great suggestion on a single leaf on a yellow bed. I'll give it a try if I can!

Thank you both for your comments. Much appreciated!

[Anita Bower]

Anita, I think what Mike means is that he would have placed the leaves a little further apart at almost a right angle to each other. Correct me if I'm wrong, Mike.

Ed, Great suggestion on a single leaf on a yellow bed. I'll give it a try if I can!

Thank you both for your comments. Much appreciated!
That makes sense. Thanks.
Anita