Autumn Drops In [Contest Finalists October 2009]
Uploaded: October 16, 2009 03:49:00
A leaf from the Ginkgo Tree has a safe landing on top of a storm drain!
Tamron 28-300XR at 300mm. Late afternoon, ISO 320, 1/125th @ f5.6, EC -1/3 (D&M)
Tammy M. Anderson October 16, 2009
Simply beautiful, Jeff. Terrific details. #1192883Colette M. Metcalf October 16, 2009
Beautiful, Jeff!!!! #8041992Tess L. Yee October 16, 2009
Wonderful color and comp, Jeff!I just love ginkgo leaves! #8041997
Ray Thoms October 16, 2009
Great image Jeff....don't think I have ever seen one before! #8042024Gord MacEachern October 16, 2009
I see a winner here Jeff!!!! #8042033Carolyn M. Fletcher October 16, 2009
GREAT!!! LOve it!! #8042045Carol Sawyer October 16, 2009
Beautiful image, colors and details, Jeff!! #8042048Karen E. Michaels October 16, 2009
Way cool, Jeff! #8042060Claudia Kuhn October 16, 2009
Beautifully composed Jeff, Terrific sign of the times. #8042065Agnes Fegan October 16, 2009
A perfect landing ... beautiful color! #8042094Aimee S. McMaster October 16, 2009
....love the brilliant color...excellent find Jeff...Aimee #8042128Anita Hogue October 16, 2009
A beautiful drop! Excellent clarity and colors are beautiful! #8042196Darren K. Fisher October 16, 2009
I like the contrast from the leaf on the storm drain. Great eye and capture Jeff. #8042203Amy M. Wilson October 16, 2009
Striking capture, love the clarity and contrasting colors... outstanding, Jeff! #8042232Terri L. Scribner October 16, 2009
Love the color!! Details are great! #8042269Jyri Vissak October 16, 2009
Cool find! Very creative! Nice tones. #8042323Robert R. Goodman October 16, 2009
Hi Jeff,beautiful color and detail.Stunning indeed!!!!! #8042345Linda D. Lester October 16, 2009
So beautiful....love these leaves! #8042376Annie Booth October 16, 2009
Jeff- to start with the constrasting colors of the leaf against the back ground is gorgeous. Beautiful textures and the lines of the storm drain give a wonderful look.Have a wonderful day my friend. #8042582
Mike Clime October 16, 2009
Good eye to see and capture this! #8042591Val Feldman October 16, 2009
What an eye you have..course, we all KNOW that...but this is exceptional - the gorgeously shaped and textured bright yellow leaf against the blue bars of the storm drain...OK, I'm just prattling on here when one word could sum it up: Perfection! #8042597Jack Ryan October 16, 2009
Great "eye" to spot this interesting photo op...and you took full advantage of it. Great shot! #8042654Karen Celella October 16, 2009
Strong elements of design and color Jeff. Your composition with the vertical lines gives it power and the little curl of the leaf gives it a delicate balance to that power. I love it! #8042698Kirsten Kiki Kjaer October 16, 2009
Wonderful 'design' with fantastic colors and details, Jeff. #8042780Sheila D. Robertson October 16, 2009
Great pattern and color in this one. Nice work! #8042818a2o akmal aini othman October 16, 2009
what a beautiful presentation, Jeff! terrific capture, love it! #8042835Melissa G. Meiselman October 16, 2009
Wonderful eye catching shot of this dazzling leaf well taken against that storm drain with sharp detail and great color contrast, Jeff!! #8042863Mary Beth Aiello October 16, 2009
The storm drain is a perfect backdrop to this beauty, Jeff. Love it. #8042987Jodi Zimmer October 16, 2009
good eye Jeff! #8043005Tiia Vissak October 16, 2009
a great close-up! #8043060Renata Gusciora October 16, 2009
Super details,colors and fantastic presentation,Jeff! #8043119Kerry Hill October 16, 2009
Fabulous colour and detail, Jeff!! #8043352Stephen Zacker October 16, 2009
Like the simplicity and bold yellow #8043568Nancy J. Locke October 16, 2009
Gorgeous, Jeff!!! Looove the bold yellow, details and contrast. :DCheers! Nancy J Locke #8043612
Lynn M. Whitt October 16, 2009
Beautiful find, capture, and colors... #8043615David Van Camp October 16, 2009
What an interesting leaf! Nice job, Jeff! #8043741Carol L. Fowler October 16, 2009
Unique BG- striking against the yellow leaf #8043774Daniella Puente October 16, 2009
Beautiful blue/yellow combination and detail... #8043852Patrick Rouzes October 16, 2009
And you got a magnificent captrue of it with vibrant colors, detail, clarity,lines & b/g! Super work on this,Jeff! WTG! #8043946JO ANN CLEVELAND October 16, 2009
What a great find and great eye! Love the colors and the drain makes it most unique Jeff!jo ann c. #8043992
Susan T. Parady October 16, 2009
Great color and detail! #8044016Shelly A. Van Camp October 16, 2009
Beautiful capture and colors! #8044056Deborah Lewinson October 16, 2009
Superb image, Jeff, simple, beautiful, and striking!Debby #8044082
Evy Johansen October 16, 2009
Wonderful autumn image, Jeff!! Beautiful light and colors!! #8044128Brett Dolsen October 16, 2009
Great lines,colours and composition Jeff!!Brett #8044185Nancy L. Green October 16, 2009
Wonderful and unusual fall image Jeff, beautifully done with great color, clarity and texture!! <>< #8044318Carrie M. Groseclose October 16, 2009
Wonderfully creative image with fantastic comp, detail, and colors, Jeff! #8044423Ann Coates October 17, 2009
Great find and capture Jeff. The contrast of the colours makes for a stunning image. #8044534Jeff Robinson October 17, 2009
Thanks Everyone - I found this leaf in the parking lot of a Marriott Hotel! Jeff #8044623frank w. degenhardt October 17, 2009
Jeff- As impressed as I am with the unique EOD of the picture, what amazes me even more is your seeing it and realizing the beauty it has for a photo. A lesson to be learned for all of us. Keep looking and imagining.Susie Peek-Swint October 17, 2009
Looks like the leaf landed on the perfect background for a photo op Jeff ~ well seen and captured! #8045031Julianne Bradford October 17, 2009
Well seen and captured! #8046367Stefania Barbier October 18, 2009
superb Jeff... winner in my book! #8046643Max Aureli October 18, 2009
Great composition, Jeff!! Wonderful colors and elements!!! #8046750Sam Britt October 18, 2009
Terrific composition, detail & color, Jeff. #8047309Mitch Spence October 18, 2009
Have to love that blue and yellow combo, Jeff, and the combo of verticals and diagonals produced by the bars and the leaf detail. #8047321Lynne Morris October 18, 2009
Beautiful macro Jeff, wonderful colours and details. #8047603Summer A. Kozisek October 18, 2009
Stunning macro Jeff, great lines and details!!! #8047651Jeff Robinson October 18, 2009
Thank You!! Jeff #8047888Mary K. Robison October 18, 2009
Superb macro, Jeff! Lovely contrast of the blue and yellow, and the clarity is marvelous! #8048450Yulianto Soeroso October 19, 2009
lovely shot nice countour #8048943Jeff Robinson October 19, 2009
Thank You Mary and Yulianto! Jeff #8049067Lorraine A. Cook October 19, 2009
LOVE the lines and colors, Jeff!!!Beautiful display, My Friend!!<:)) #8050230
Guy D. Biechele October 19, 2009
Terrific color, line, and composition. Very cool! #8050500ALLEN O. HOWARD October 19, 2009
A teriffic composition, Jeff! The colors and details are excellent! #8050818Jeff Robinson October 19, 2009
Thank You Lorraine, Guy and Allen! Jeff #8051142Gunther Allen October 20, 2009
This is superb Jeff... the composition is awesome and the contrasting color of the deep bluish background accents the yellow flower perfectly. Not sure if you saw it this way or put the shot together, but either way ...a great eye for framing and presentation! #8053769Karen Engelbreth October 20, 2009
Good eye - wonderful capture, Jeff... #8054043Jeff Robinson October 20, 2009
Thank You Gunther and Karen! This leaf is as I found it! Jeff #8054455Karen Bacon October 21, 2009
Wonderfully strong design elements in this great image Jeff!Good luck with this!!! #8055917Jeff Robinson October 21, 2009
Thank You Karen! Jeff #8056843Donna K. Kilcher October 23, 2009
simple and BEAUTIFUL #8063257Laura E. Swan October 24, 2009
Golly! I thought this was some new fangled aircraft in the Air show! HA!Great find, Jeff!
-Laura #8069726
Jeff Robinson October 25, 2009
Thank You Donna and Laura! Jeff #8070852Lisa J. Boulden October 26, 2009
Fantastic color, light, and design elements, Jeff!Jeff Robinson October 26, 2009
Thank You Lisa! Jeff #8076376Aimee S. McMaster November 23, 2009
...congratulations on another beautiful finalist Jeff...Aimee #8154858Deborah Lewinson November 23, 2009
Congratulations, Jeff, on this excellent finalist!Debby #8154951
Jack Ryan November 23, 2009
Another congratulations!!! Way to go! #8155051Melissa G. Meiselman November 23, 2009
Congratulations on this fantastic and well deserving finalist, Jeff!!! #8155735Marcel J. Fernandez November 23, 2009
Congratulations Jeff on your beautiful Finalist! #8155784Amy M. Wilson November 23, 2009
Congratulations on your wonderful Finalist, Jeff!!! #8155875Linda D. Lester November 23, 2009
Congratulations on your finalist....good luck in the next round!!! #8156069Tiia Vissak November 23, 2009
Congratulations! #8156165ALLEN O. HOWARD November 23, 2009
I knew where this was headed the first time I saw it, Jeff! Congratulations!!! #8156369Stefania Barbier November 23, 2009
congratulations! #8157167Linda M. Walker November 23, 2009
Congratulations,Jeff #8157569Ann Coates November 23, 2009
Congratulations Jeff, outstanding finalist. #8157854Renee Doyle November 23, 2009
Cool setup and design!! Congratulations Jeff!! #8157868Glenn E. Traver November 23, 2009
Congratulations on this Finalist Jeff. These trees are so cool in the Fall ~ GT #8157919Tammy Espino November 23, 2009
Congratulations on a great capture! :) #8158230Cathy Barrows November 23, 2009
Congrats on your finalist #8158851Judy V. Kennamer November 23, 2009
Beautiful Jeff! Congrats on your wonderful Finalist! #8158900Carol L. Fowler November 23, 2009
Congrats on this Finalist #8159095Courtenay Vanderbilt November 23, 2009
Fantastic Finalist, Jeff! CONGRATULATIONS! #8159113frank w. degenhardt November 23, 2009
Love the way you see things. Loved this the first time I saw it. Congratulations on the Finalist my friend. #8159595Max Aureli November 23, 2009
Congratulations, Jeff!!! #8159606Sam Britt November 23, 2009
Congratulations, terrific finalist, Jeff! #8159632Eivor Kuchta November 23, 2009
Great find, Jeff! Congratulations on your finalist! #8159677Patrick Rouzes November 23, 2009
CONGRATULATIONS once again, Jeff! WTg! #8160125Nancyj E. Hovey November 23, 2009
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N SLois Adomite November 23, 2009
Wonderful photo of this ginko leaf, congratulations #8160330Karen Celella November 24, 2009
Congratualtions on your wonderful finalist Jeff. Great to see it again and hope to see it one more time in the winners circle. #8162074Mary K. Robison November 24, 2009
Jeff, this macro is so cool! Love the contrast of the two colors, and the clarity of the details!Julie Burnett November 25, 2009
A very striking photo, Jeff. Love the colors, and perfectly composed. Congrats, and good luck!! #8166294Jeff Robinson November 25, 2009
Thanks Everyone Very Much!! Jeff #8166987Alex T. Mizuno November 25, 2009
You have a great eye to catch this detail with a beautiful color contrast Jeff! Congratulations on your Finalist!!! #8167970Jeff Robinson November 26, 2009
Thank You Alex! Jeff #8170042Debra R. Harder November 27, 2009
Congratulations, Jeff, on another OUTSTANDING finalist!!! Wonderful image!! Deb #8173161Jeff Robinson November 28, 2009
Thank You Deb! Jeff #8174391Dianna Murphy December 02, 2009
Love Ginko both the tree and the leaves. Congratulations on a fine image!!! #8185251Jeff Robinson December 02, 2009
Thank You Dianna! Jeff #8186138Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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