Interesting viewpoint to see the "teeth" lined up to take a bite out of that boat, as we view from the height of the castle.
Oct. 1, 2025
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Nice casual/environmental portrait of the cheerful sandwich chef in his exotic location. Kumsal definitely made some big improvements in the reflection problem. I have not experimented with that. Usually I am deliberately using the reflections as part of the photo, or maybe I just skip it if that's not gonna work - but it appears that new Adobe magic is available to help rescue such photos, so I'll have to rethink my strategy!
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That first one is quite special with great composition, great light, beautiful colors, and a breath taking scene. There's little treasures to discover in the architecture, the distant landscape, the reflections. The others are nice, but this one is gorgeous.
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The leaf is richly beautiful - the colors and details are mesmerizing. The bokeh balls cascading from above draw attention to the leaf. What I'm of mixed mind about is the object just right of the leaf that looks a bit like the snout of a pig. I keep getting pulled back to it.
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It took me a minute to find that second version of the sculpture, the abstracted face, as I let myself get distracted by the figures - until I tried to figure out what those oval shapes were and why they were stuck to the figures' chests. Good piece of trickery, and in a nice, well photographed setting.
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Thank you! The thing next to the leave is an ouf-of-focus highlight (aka bokeh bubble) but in front of the leaf. It's the main point besides the leaf and the cause for the title. I would have significantly more interesting fall-leaf shots if it wasn't for this detail which made me choose this one. But I get it that most people don't necessarily see bokeh effects like that as part of a composition and rather just an optional (and sometimes distracting) add-on. For me they're often the main thing or at least on equal footing to the in-focus subject. I really enjoyed how fragile it looks and the unusual shape in this case...
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Late to the party Chris. This benifits greatly from my perspective by bring out the details in the dark areas that are present in the image, just difficult to see as presented, as suggested by others.
Below should be, if I remember how to post here, a revised image using Nik Colour Efex, tonal contrast.
Andrew
