Stack in the Wild

I like what you have done here Wayne. The symetry and gradation of colour works very well.
Good job on the stacking.

I like the image as posted Wayne. The leaves coming in from the top are a little distracting to me but I don't see anyway around that other than cropping from the top. I like the diagonal of the plant and the colors in the image a lot. I also think the stack work looks good.

Pat

Well done, Wayne! I like the diagonal placement and the gradation of green to purple berries. The palmetto fronds at the top add a little spice to the formality. Not that it matters to the fine image, but this is American Beauty Berry (callicarpa americana) also known as French Mulberry. It is a common shrub up here, and has stained every pair of woods britches I ever had.

Wall to wall clarity. I love it! Great job on the stack, and the color and light are amazing. Maybe call it, "Acension in Purple." Another outstanding comp from you.

Wayne: Great find and I agree with all of your decisions regarding the stack and the blemishes. Marvelous shot. >=))>

Wayne, What a lovely idea. And you pulled off the stacking very well. I see only one tiny leaf slightly OOF and chances are the breezes kicked up.
If you really wanted to work on this image (and it would take a lot of work and I don't think it's necessary) you could isolate every last bit of leaf and use a graduated filter to overlay them. So they would march along the stem getting lighter and lighter. You would probably have to control the opacity of the overlay.
I think you've done a great job. Composition, color, idea, story of ripening berries.
BTW, looks like you even have a visitor on the fourth leaf down on the right ;^)
The tip of my hat to you

Carol

What a riotous color! Sure like how you handled this one, Wayne-- on a diagonal but not corner to corner. Nice natural look. Good work and great stacking.

Also, appreciate your comment about composition in my recent post.

Absolutely splendid, Wayne . Very nicely handled stacking there and I have no problems with the palm (?) leaves in the top. In fact they add another non distracting dimension to this frame for me.

Outstanding! Love those colors.

I like the composition and the colours very much.

Congrats

D&L

Good job with the stack to give this a visually interesting image. Like how the berries are larger in the lower foreground and becomes smaller as they recede give this depth; with a corresponding gradation in color. Well done.

very nice....

Brigitte

Quite a find and well composed.

Really nice receding effect here. Excellent job.

The stack is superb and I really like the comp and saturation.

Hi Wayne Love the stack and the lovely composition This is a superbly crafted presentation with great detail and color
Albert Darmo.. Canada

Nice image. I like the diagonal. I this Phil is right about this being a native plant. We used it to "switch" each other as kids-and made our moms pretty mad at the same time. No getting that grape juice out! It would even stain our skin. Country kids.