Deciduous
by lil_mo

Comment by lil_mo:

Originally posted by ScotArt5: Weird - it seems like the background is flipped! You're confusing me....

ahh... it's actually a reflection- the lake reflecting the sky.

What-e-v-e-r... Like, OMG! She said what? Ugh...No-Way! TOTALLY!
by lil_mo

Comment by geekssweet:
LMAOROTF, I love this!
Nicely captured with strong bold colors.

Deciduous
by lil_mo

Comment by betelgeuse:
nice pic

Fall Berries
by lil_mo

Comment by lil_mo:

Originally posted by RulerZigzag: is this a night shot? nice clarity and lighting here.I like your shallow DOF with the nice and full background...looks like a long exposure..I do not believe you used a flash here or did you?

Not a night shot, also no flash, and not a long exposure. Taken late afternoon (~4 PM ish). I was under the tree in the shade and focused on a branch in the sun. I liked the repetition of the other branches/berries in the background.

Emergence
by lil_mo

Comment by ambaker:
Critique Club Review:

Color, saturation and hue are done well. Focus and depth of field are excellent.

A lighter background color might have been beneficial here. You have the nice clear glass and the brilliant blue. In comparison, the background almost looks a bit dingy.

I don't know if there was a way to emphasize the distortions, that some saw as marks, in the glass. If they were more pronounced you could see the top of the picture as connected to the blue in a sort of tornado effect. Otherwise, it might have been better to clone them out. (Permissable in this challenge as it is advanced editing.)

Fall Berries
by lil_mo

Comment by whitewolf:
Good sharp berries in front but the blurred background and long whitish shape is distracting -

Deciduous
by lil_mo

Comment by ScotArt5:
Weird - it seems like the background is flipped! You're confusing me....

Fall Berries
by lil_mo

Comment by heathen:
nice and sharp

Fall Berries
by lil_mo

Comment by balancedfox:
I like the crisp light on the leaves. But the large amount of blurry background I'm not sure of. I know that you deliberately composed it off centre, but I wish I could see more of the berries and less of the big branch. :)

In Passing
by lil_mo

Comment by pineapple:
IMO (which counts for absolutely zero around here), your photo had more rain in it than many and also enjoyed a better artistic composition than a lot of the entries.