Maple at Hood, VA

Looks like a painting! GREAT work, Philip!!

Excellent comp! I also really like the color and the amount of leaves on the ground balancing the leaves still on the tree. The dark trunk really gives nice structure to the shot.

Hi philip This composition is a knockout The colors and detail are excellent
Albert Darmo CAnada

What a beautiful tree and capture Philip. I love the spacing of the leaves from above and below.

David M. Cobb

Good shot! Good contrast of the tree, leaves, and grass.

What a nice colors. Very well presented.

This capture has a very arty feel to it. A painterly quality blended with a photographic capture. The trunk has very good detail - the photographic capture part. And the foremost leaves left side have a soft painterly quality. Intriguing presentation. Nice capture. Looks like it was captured on an overcast day which adds to the dept of color.

Excellent comp. Looks like you also caught a leaf falling (in front of the trunk). Nice color.

Great picture Philip, and wonderfully presented.
Bob

I agree with all the positive comments - great shot. The only very small nit (and I do mean small ) would be if you can do something with the small bit of sky showing through on the right side that doesn't fit with the "painterly" effect that Steve mentioned.

Very pretty. Good colors and nice framing, Philip

Philip: Perfect proportion of leaves on the ground to leaves on the tree IMO. Good photography. >=))>

Beautifully composed and I like the colors. Excellent work.

This image would be a lot stronger without the mowed grass in the background. I try to avoid manicured lawn in all of my photography - be it landscape, avian, or fauna because it just screams humans.

Always a winner when showing the trunk with leaves around it. While the mowed lawn takes away a bit of the fallish effect, I son't think it's major and I like this, Philip.

This is really nice Phillip. Your landscapes seem to get bette with every post.

Pat

Very beautiful tones throughout, Philip. This conveys to me a mood of stillness and serenity - lovely image.

A wonderfully stately old Maple captured to perfection. Nice one, Philip! I want to run into all those leaves at the base of the tree-- they're there just begging to be scuffled!