photo in this thread from sat 20th September to midnight on 3rd*Octob - Leaves
 

The challenge for this Fortnightly Competition is “ Leaves ” it can be as wide an interpretation as you like*

Fortnightly Challenge is open to all members of WPF.
The challenge will be run on (GMT) time.

Post your photo in this thread from Friday 20th September to midnight on 3rd*October


then a 3 day poll will be placed in this thread for voting on the photo you like best in this challenge.

(Please give your photo a title )

The winner picks a challenge for the following fortnight and starts a new thread.

1. One photo per member
2. To be taken during period stated above
3. The photo must include exif data with date and time
4. Post your entry as one attachment directly in this thread
5. No discussion of entries in the thread
6. Do not post any entries in the gallery until after the voting has finished

To create a poll
go to top of thread and in Thread Tools press 'Add a poll to this thread
[note: only the starter of this thread can see this option.]
In the update options box change the number 2 to how many have entered.
In each box put the title of the entered photos.
In close poll, put 3 days.
Submit new poll.

That's it done.

Leaves - that's an interesting one no matter where in the world you live and regardless of the season. However, for the UK it's ideal as Autumn is drawing in. Looking forward to it, and already have a few ideas, one in particular

detail and light
 

leaf with BG light

Leaves with a cobweb hat
 

Leaves with a cobweb hat

Big aloe vera plant.
 

Taken on a walk around Padstow.

Leaf Pouncer
 

Pebbles enjoying chasing the dry leaves as they gently swirl in the wind.

Celeriac,Cabbage,Vine
 

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Falling leaves
 

Autumn ...it's started!

Lost and alone
 

It is what it is.

Leaves and Fishes

oh dear time flies...I haven't got my entry done yet! It's taken, just needs a little refining..............

Drifting Into Autumn

Take a Leaf out of My Book
 

No books were harmed in the creation of this image ;)

Well Done Clive. I'll bookmark that one!:)

Well Done Clive,excellent image great work!*

Thanks guys :-) I'll get my thinking cap on for a new challenge

Well done Gidders. An unusual twist from the expected. A nice, clean image I liked. My up comment is for Tangatas 'Leaves and Fishes'. I liked the composition of this but think it may have popped out more if the saturation was boosted a little. However, a lovely entry. My down comment is for Gidders 'Take a Leaf Out of My Book'. Great lighting, lovely composition and a deserved winner. My entry was appalling but it was a last minute desperate attempt. Look at my entry this week for another competition - if only this had been last weekend.....

Well done Clive a worthy shot - and now for my upsy-downsy. Peter's Celeriac, cabbage and vine is a choice collection of leaves, celeriac is a beautiful leaf in its own right. It looks as though the sun was very strong for the shot and has blasted the right hand side more than ideally. Other than that a good composition and it was somebody's favourite!

Arthur's leaf lost a little by being a superimposition where the edges of the leaf are hazed a different hue/intensity from either the background or the leaf. On the plus side, it is bang on subject and of cracking clarity and focus.

Ah! the ups and downs of life.Here my up is up and so is my down.:) Slow shutter and deep depth in Graham's shot give a lovely mystic feel to this scene, flow of the water just right to reveal the detail below. The cat in rob's pic. vibrates with happy tension she looks so alert and involved. Tight focus on the eyes makes this a terrific shot.
Either could have been a winner!

I think my up is Clive's leaf out of a book, which I can see why it won,I love things out of the square, great shot Clive,I would have voted for it but I missed voting as I had our grandchildren staying over and completely forgot to vote for the first time ever.(apart from when I am away on holiday)

my down was cobweb hat ,by John...very nice DoF and focus on the leaves, nice shot.

My ups & downs...

Digi - as you say not ideal subject matter... but that said I think with a landscape crop & a boost to the saturation & contrast there was more to be had from the image

Trena - I did like this - you do pattern pictures so well. I might have tried a composition with the end of the leaf in the image to stop the eye running out in the top corner - not sure if that would have made it stronger or not - JMHO