Does this work for anyone?

Not sure if I'll throw this one up on the website update I'm doing today. I played around with these leaves for awhile up on Gorton Creek the other day. Your thoughts would be appreciated.

I love it Marc! Put it up man.

It one of those cool shots to look at but I don't know what anyone would ever do with it. If you ever do a book about the Northwest, it'll be a good shot to put in the Fall season section.

"It one of those cool shots to look at but I don't know what anyone would ever do with it."

I'll take a 20x24 please! This might do well as a fine print seller. I know many of my abstract images do, just a thought. Joe

I dig it alot. 'nice eye' :)

Like this a lot, its a keeper

I agree with Mike. Its something unique that works really well. I especially like the touch of green right in the middle. Very well seen!

-Bryan

Oh yea dude. This is really nice and something not seen before. A very cool take on the gorge !!

The other thing that is very unique is that the water splashing off the leafs creates the shape of a human heart... or something close to that shape. But it's very organic and very appealing.

Put it up !!

Thanks all. It pays to look down sometimes. I appreciate your opinions.

Marc, this is a tough call. Your signature processing make this look very beautiful, but when you boil it all down, its really just a pile of jumbled up leaves in a creek. If it had been one leaf, or they were arranged in a more interesting way it would be a much stronger image. The dynamics are great, but its just kind of a mess IMO.

I guess the real question is what are your end intentions for this photo? Like Mark said, it would fit well in a group of other fall or intimate detail shots, but I don't think I'd put it on my wall, (and I'd gladly take just about every other image you have ever produced).

thats my two pennies, I hope it helps...

Now...you know I always have somthing to say being the persnickety SOB I am....

Add into it that I hold you to a higher standard.....

Well...with that all in mind.......all I can say is.

Wonderful shot...wouldnt change a THING.

Roman

I think it's a great comp. Not "your typical shot" by any means, not a grand landscape with amazing lighting. But you've taken a scene many of us would have passed by, stepped over, or plain stepped on - and captured something extraordinary. Taken the "mundane" and made it beautiful. A good photographer can record a beautiful scene, a great one finds a scene others would pass by - and creates a beautiful image.
Wonderful shot.

I'll echo what Dave just said. I think the question isn't how good a shot it is, it's great, but more how it fits with the overall mix in your website. If your looking to broaden the focus, go for it.

I actually don't care for it. It is a very well crafted shot, and you've certainly done an extraordinary job of photographing and processing this subject. But I feel like the heavy flow of water at top of frame is a bit too dominant overall.....in how much of the frame it takes, and how much of the leaves it blurs. If that stream of water was a bit smaller, and elegant.....like a small waterfall, allowing you to see a bit more of where it hits the leaves I think it would be much better. But what can you do.
I do appreciate that you may be broadening your portfolio online, but I don't feel this one does your other intimate shots justice.

Keeper, hands down. Fits right in with "Rainbow Falls" and "Spring Showers" in your collection.

The stems on the leaves are all pointing to a perfect exit point on the image. How do you do that??

Oh that's a keeper allright!! Awesome take on the subject. Love everythinga about it

I'd like to second Mark H's comment for in a book (maybe a chapter/title page).

To me, it is a great capture providing a unique perspective of leaves that we often overlook.

Great art!!

looking around at the nuances that make up the grand landscape is certainly holistic and I would not consider any well-photographed intimate scene to be mundane. There is magic in almost step along the journey. The processing is uniquely yours, Marc, and adds a bit of drama. As mentioned above it is a bit tight; if this is a crop, I'd consider bit more room around the petioles and a bit more water from the little cascade. This would provide a little more sense of place. That said, it is a pretty cool image and really depicts the constant fury those leaves will eventually succumb to.

Works for me, Marc. Even though it's a very unusual view, I could tell immediately what it was. I love it.

I like it. I especially like how you brought out the highlights in the water(at least it looks that way).
I strain a bit trying to figure out what the blurry green in the the middle-my eye seems drawn there. I bet you could clone it out or hide it somewhat to emphasize the surroundings a bit more.