Autumn
by ShaneBlake

Comment by Gauti:
the middle one is a bit too "posed" while the two others work quite well, in my humble opinion.
good luck

Autumn
by ShaneBlake

Comment by Elaine:
I like the idea of using different colored leaves for the background to porvide contrast.

Autumn
by ShaneBlake

Comment by robshookphoto:
great contrast...10

Autumn
by ShaneBlake

Comment by kiwiness:
Nice idea, I like the color combinations. A touch too sharp for me though.

Autumn
by ShaneBlake

Comment by mesmeraj:
Doesn't autumn big a beautiful array of colours. And you used them very nicely. I would have liked to have seen the green in the center match the bightness of the green single leaf, since they appear to be the same kind of leaf.

Autumn
by ShaneBlake

Comment by Younger:
This is one of my favorites! Beautiful colors.

Autumn
by ShaneBlake

Comment by ashleync:
LOVE the colors and textures. The leaves pop right out and then bring your attention to the other leaves beneath them.

Autumn
by ShaneBlake

Comment by meade:
wow! fantastic color, and detail. love your choices in leaves.

Autumn
by ShaneBlake

Comment by UNCLEBRO:
very nice contasting colors and well captured and composed images.
should do very well.

The Business End
by ShaneBlake

Comment by ShaneBlake:

Originally posted by DrAchoo: Technicals are quite nice. Your focus is "spot on" as they like to say here. I take it it's f/4.0 not f/40.

no... it was f/40... using the 90mm macro and standing that close, that's about as far as it goes in focus... it was intentional. i wanted the tip of the gun 'tack' sharp and my face to be just be half out of focus, so i guess i got what i wanted ;)

Originally posted by DrAchoo: I think it's a decent picture. It's the subject which got you...

i think you're right... i think the photo would have cleared 50% but for the subject, but i kinda knew that going in... thanks...