I took the liberty of cropping and colour grading it.
The Griffiths' Garden in Autumn, Jeannette Lewis, 26th October 2015
The colours of the fallen autumn leaves are amazing but the compositional colour balance is very awkward. The deep green of the hedges has no balance. There is also tonal asymmetry but I saw this as less of a problem and more of an opportunity.
The Griffiths' Garden in Autumn (Edit), Jeannette Lewis, 26th October 2015
Reduced to black and white, a purely tonal composition, the deep reds and greens become more harmonious and the darkness of the bushes less distracting. The path of leaves is now freer (supported by the bush) to force the viewer to the focal point of the porch.
In "reducing" to black and white I made adjustments in the tonal values of selective colours.
I get the feeling that a dark figure (or figures), a silhouette in the porch , would have completed the image.
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