Leaves

[elsid]

I was shooting seagulls but, occasionally my eye kept falling on some colorful dry leaves. So, I responded.

[Jakov Minić]

I respond to the first one

[elsid]

Thank you Jacov for your prompt reply.

[elsid]

I guess you would respond to this, also, Jacov?

[Jakov Minić]

A bit too colorful for my taste, I wouldn't saturate the image so much

[Bjørn Rørslett]

A bit too colorful for my taste, I wouldn't saturate the image so much

Must be one of your dry jokes, Jakov -- too colourful?

The very apparent noise is detracting from an otherwise fine photo. Should be easy to mitigate.

[Tristin]

I don't mind the noise, I do mind the saturation.  The second photograph I feel is cut short because of the composition/cropping, the bottom leave being clipped irks me.  Also dislike the harsh color transitions of the lower leaf.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

I don't mind the noise, I do mind the saturation. 

You should see some of the autumn colours of Norwegian mountains where Nature itself has blown saturation far beyond what even a digital process is capable of ....

[Tristin]

Sounds beautiful! I don't mind saturation, until it induces artifacts.  Then I do.

[elsid]

Gentlemen, what do you think now.

[Tristin]

I personally like the first of those two.  It could take more saturation, though that's a matter of taste.  The second is too saturated for me.  I really like the composition and delicacy of the image.  Nice bokeh too.

[elsid]

Tristin, I can understand your point. I have not decided yet whether we should leave a photo to represent what we shot, as closely as possible. Some photographers subscribe to this. On the other hand someone may say that, with the tools (software) available today, I feel more of a painter than a photographer, and I will play with colors.
Personally, I would like to experiment with both approaches.

[Seapy]

Depends what you are trying to achieve, accurate representation or art?

Sometimes nature knows best and it's difficult to gild the Lilley, sometime your imagination needs to run amok.  To me if it's the latter, just cranking up the saturation fall short because the viewer isn't sure if it's art or just over saturated...  Not sure if that makes sense but it's how I see it right now. 

[pluton]

The third one communicates the beauty within the leaf best.

[Akira]

I like the concept of the series.  So far as the subject is concerned, the leaf in the right foreground of #3 could be more photogenic than the one you focused.