Comment from cynnocence
Lovely colours and the leaves look so realistic, can see every vein on the leaves. Good choice of number of leaves and placement. Thanks for sharing and good luck in the contest. Cyn

 Comment Written 21-Oct-2012

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reply by the author on 21-Oct-2012

Thank you, I appreciate your kind and encouraging review very much.

Comment from donkeyoatey
Absolutely lovely, both in color and composition..great detail, and such pretty red tones..I REALLY like the way the detail fades out toward the top..to me it is very appealing. Donkeyoatey

 Comment Written 21-Oct-2012

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reply by the author on 21-Oct-2012

Thank you very much for your kind and encouraging review.

Comment from wildfangsdigitalart
Looked like a photo, Wonderful capture good initial impact good presentation and great clarity nice detail, beautiful colors sharp focus , love the overall balance and
camera techniques are well done wonderful job thanks for sharing

 Comment Written 21-Oct-2012

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reply by the author on 21-Oct-2012

Thank you very much for your kind review.
This is NOT a photo, nor were a photo used in its creation. A similar photo dos not exist. It is a painting. I used preserved dry autumn leaves as reference. Sorry, but I have to make this very clear because if I would have used a photo I would be disqualified for the contest.

reply by wildfangsdigitalart on 21-Oct-2012

I know ,,, really I did read that , :)but from a distance it has a wonderful quality of a photo..say Tank you I was paying you a huge complement, have a great day.

reply by the author on 21-Oct-2012

Thank you! I know its a compliment :-) I was just affraid that I get disqualified for posting a photo in an art contest.
Nice Sunday for you.