Rebel Yell
by Sieruken7

Comment by Balko:
There is a lot in this image and it intrigues the more you look at it - 10

Rebel Yell
by Sieruken7

Comment by missykim:
Bet this guy was making alot of racket! Nice composition, but it's a little dark for me.

Autumn falls into winter
by Sieruken7

Comment by Sheryll:
I'm going through some of the comments I have made and clicking on those the didn't check the helpful button. Some of them I totally understand why and have no problem with it (including yours) so I'm trying to leave comments that ARE helpful. For the photo itself (not the wrong challenge issue) I think it is a very nice photo. Not sure if you increased sat in pp but if so then maybe just a bit too much. You have to find the happy medium. You want to saturate a bit more to make the sky pop and it looks great the way you have it right now except the red trees are just a bit oversaturated. If it fit the challenge I think I would have given it a 7.

Autumn falls into winter
by Sieruken7

Comment by Sieruken7:
Well, thank god that's over, phew!

Ok so it was very late at night after coming home from a night out and obviously I my perception was a bit off when I read and entered this challenge. I must have gotten excited that I took this photo within the challenge date and I could have sworn it said something different.

In any case, thanks for all the comments, wish it would have rated a bit higher but I can understand considering the circumstances. Seriously though, those of you that left critique's thanks again, any advice is helpful.

Autumn falls into winter
by Sieruken7

Comment by thomaspeople:
Stunning color, a beautiful image. I really want to give this a high score but I'm struggling with the definition of portrait. Can't really vote it low because it's too good. Aaagghh.

Autumn falls into winter
by Sieruken7

Comment by SaraR:
Gorgous light, but the wrong photo for the challenge :0(

Autumn falls into winter
by Sieruken7

Comment by bassbone:
pretty picture - nice colors but a little overly done - I would have cut back on the saturation a little

Autumn falls into winter
by Sieruken7

Comment by digitalknight:
it's beautiful, but doesn't look like a portrait sorry

Autumn falls into winter
by Sieruken7

Comment by smurfguy:
Nice landscape in landscape... unless you were shooting for "portrait of fall". Still, I bet you're getting eaten up by the voters. =) It's a nice shot, though a touch oversaturated, IMO.

Autumn falls into winter
by Sieruken7

Comment by Imagineer:
This is neither a portrait landscape, nor a landscape portrait - but a landscape landscape! But of course you know that by now!

Lovely Autumn foliage and great light. I would try not to put horizon dead centre though and aim to include a focal point if possible, such as a tree in the near foreground or bird/animal/person for scale, etc. Witha tripod you could get closer to a fern and get massive depth of field at around f16+ and ISO 800 (focusing about 2/3 into your distance here) or so. This could give a lot of drama and some interesting detail.

Hope this helps cushion your disappointment at being in the wrong challenge!
; j