I personally like the backlilt leaves here. Don't know how it will do in this forum though so I will be looking for it in the rankings. I guess to truly appreciate this, you have to walk along the edge of the woods during the prime fall color season!
TC
I kind of get your point, though it seems to me there are a couple of areas that you haven't quite got. Those leaf colours just aren't puncky enough for real impact - they seem prettty bland - I think folks want to see big bright oranges and reda, rather than these quite pale yellows. Also there's quite cleear digital noise n the blue areas of the sky - the blotchiness there. It isn't necessarily a problem in itself, but it is distracting in such an otherwise clean composition - basically, it doesn't fit the type of shot you've taken, in my eyes.
Nice, if it was the only photo of colored leafs in the challenge it would be even better but there are so many.
It's a nice picture but after the 20th the wow factor is gone (not your fault)
Good luck.
Good shot. It is technically pleasing with the exception of a few blown highlights. When shooting leaves or anything into a bright sky like this i have this method: I get the exposure reading of the sky, then I shoot the whole image with a fill flash to compensate for the underexposed subject (leaves). Lastly, I think that a slight crop on the left to remove some stray leaves is in order here.