Fall's Last Stand by taffy

Fall's Last Stand

Yesterday's snow was followed by cold but sunny weather today. So the falling leaves shone under a thin layer of frost and snow. I took a slightly different route to school today (4 blocks instead of 2) to go by a mailbox and liked the look of this carpet of golden leaves. Used a shallow DoF so the figure would be blurred and the uninteresting library building only a hint of a structure.
For a totally different mood shot from just a few feet to the right: http://365project.org/taffy/the-also-ran-ph/2013-11-12
Kim
I like how you've capture the light and shadows on the leaves and frost. Great perspective.
November 13th, 2013  
Great job with the DOF! Fav
November 13th, 2013  
Beautiful pov and focus! A fav!
November 13th, 2013  
Love this capture, I'm especially drawn to the fence leading us into the composition following the trail of leave. Loving it.
November 13th, 2013  
Nice shot. Beautiful composition!
November 13th, 2013  
Really nice. Like the sharpness of the fence and leaves against the softness of the background.
November 13th, 2013  
Amazing colours, really like the perspective and focus. Makes me feel chilly just looking at it!
November 13th, 2013  
cool
November 13th, 2013  
Beautiful. I like your low pov and dof choice!
November 13th, 2013  
Liking very much about your POV here and that person walking gives this so much more interest and only the plain view would. You seem to have all the glorious splendid autumn colours going on, we are pass that and this makes me realise how much I miss those gorgeous colours!
November 13th, 2013  
Gorgeous play of the sunshine light and darks of the shadows on the leaves, love the Pov and focus! Awesome capture!
November 13th, 2013  
Beautiful
November 13th, 2013  
Gorgeous - love the pov here
November 13th, 2013  
I love the light on the leaves and the fence leading the eye.
November 13th, 2013  
Excellent composition and love your DoF here. The person at the top right just doesn't need to be sharp. A real Autumnal story is being told here./
November 13th, 2013  
Really, really love this picture Taffy.... the sharpness and darkness of the fence with the leading line pointing to the blurry trees tying it right back to the sharply lit carpet of leaves in the foreground....full circle! Your eye is always moving looking for connections between the light and the dark and for repeating forms and shapes. Very nicely done!
November 13th, 2013  
Wonderful poverty here.
November 13th, 2013  
Lovely light through the railings., picking up the glint of frost.on the leaves. Thanks for your kind comments about the Cotswolds. It's so refreshing to get away to another part of the country.
November 13th, 2013  
A wonderful capture.
November 13th, 2013  
lovely colour and shadows
November 13th, 2013  
Great composition, strong lines and shadows don't detract from the focus on the leaves.
November 13th, 2013  
Terrific shot and composition love the clear focus on the foreground leaves.
November 13th, 2013  
Beautiful. Great choice for a shallow depth.
November 13th, 2013  
It all looks interesting to me... So the focus trick worked! Lol! The word is suggests to me is... "Contemplative" very nice image and a FAV!
November 13th, 2013  
glorious image, pov and focus - wonderful :)
November 13th, 2013  
Lovely colors ...
November 13th, 2013  
i like the dark lines and shadows. a nice contrast to the golden leaves.
November 13th, 2013  
Great pov and lovely stripes of light and shadows.
November 13th, 2013  
Gorgeous composition!! Great pov and love the focus and dof!! Wonderful shot!! fav!!
November 13th, 2013  
Great perspective for this nice composition with nice lines, lighting, and autumn colors.
November 13th, 2013  
beautiful perspective and love the dof!
November 13th, 2013  
Great shot and perfect title. Great perspective and I love the pov here... I am a big fan of low down shots. =)
November 13th, 2013  
Lovely detail in the leaves.
November 13th, 2013  
Ah nice perspective. I like the constrast between the golden leaves and the dark stranger.
November 13th, 2013  
What a great pov! Lovely capture!
November 13th, 2013  
Love this PoV!
November 13th, 2013  
Lovely. I love the colours. I really like how your DOF worked out. A fav for me
November 13th, 2013  
The shallow dof is really effective in this great image Taffy, I particularly like the black of the railings and the dark silhouette of the person.
November 13th, 2013  
Lovely shot, lovely color!
November 13th, 2013  
Lovely fall colors. The lighting is beautiful, love the casting of shadows from the fence.
November 13th, 2013  
Beautiful. I do like the low pov and the focus. Great shot.
November 13th, 2013  
Great leading lines and DOF!
November 14th, 2013  
Wonderful pov and love how your use of dof - lovely autumn shot! : )
November 14th, 2013  
Just awesome composition! Love the light and focus choice too.
November 14th, 2013  
Really good seasonal feel in the light and colour. Great pov too
November 14th, 2013  
Great POV and the DOF works really wel
November 14th, 2013  
Nicely captured- I like the whole set up.
November 14th, 2013  
Caz
Love the pov and the composition, the colors are great too
November 14th, 2013  
Awesome shot
November 14th, 2013  
@panthora THanks so much Osia for the view and detailed comment. I really appreciate it. I'm glad to read what you saw in my shot.
November 14th, 2013  
Wonderful! I really like your low POV and the focus on the leaves. Great use of DOF to blur the unwelcome background details but keep the interesting elements.
November 14th, 2013  
Love this capture which feels like a change-of-seasons weather report, visually shown. The building in the back is nicely blurred but an important part of this composition, I think.
November 14th, 2013  
so well composed...love the DOF
November 14th, 2013  
Superb pov and focus Taffy.
November 14th, 2013  
Great autumnal shot. Love the pov, colours and shadows.
November 14th, 2013  
Great POV on this. Wonderful light, color and focus! Beautiful capture!! FAV
November 15th, 2013  
Great pov and dof! Love the focus! Fav!
November 15th, 2013  
Mac
This is a classic fall shot, although snow means winter, I guess. The merging of seasons.
November 15th, 2013  
@38dcmoder Dawn, thanks so much for fav'ing this! It's right down the street from where we live, and it captures how the neighborhood has looked the past few weeks.
November 15th, 2013  
love this! such a nice POV and awesome colors! love the dof too! fav for me!
November 15th, 2013  
@wind_of_the_sothern_sea Thanks for the Fav!!
November 16th, 2013  
Love the pov and colors! Fav!
November 16th, 2013  
Fav...they have already said it! :). Warm and wonderful!
November 16th, 2013  
Jo
The composition, light and PoV all come together beautifully in this shot.
November 16th, 2013  
great PoV and colors .. fav!!
November 18th, 2013  
Perfect summing up of the heavy fall of leaves, love the mood here. Fav.
November 18th, 2013  
Gorgeous pov, and dof! Great shot
November 18th, 2013  
Excellent perspective and the shallow DoF worked perfectly here!
November 30th, 2013  
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