November challenge - "Natural colour"

[Kermit power]

Having almost crashed into the back of a slow-moving truck the other day whilst admiring the late afternoon sun hitting a row of trees with leaves in every possible shade of red, green, yellow and brown, I decided that we'd be very hard put to improve on nature when it decides to put on a display.

So the theme for this month is "Natural colour". It doesn't have to be autumn leaves, of course. It just has to be colourful, and made by nature.

As always, a reminder of the rules...


•The shot MUST be taken this month, with the closing date being midnight on the 30th of November.
•The exif must be posted with your shot.
•Keep the images posted to a decent size please, 1024px wide max.
•I'll choose the winner this month (with the winner choosing the theme for next month, then deciding who should win that months)
•The Challenge for next month should be generic, as not everyone has access to zoom, macro, specialist lenses. It should be shots that everyone is capable of achieving with the bare essentials

[Kermit power]

Forgot to say, could a mod sticky this, please?

[dibbly dobbler]

Hmph - so I take my best ever autumn shots on the 30th and 31st of October *then* you start an Autumn comp on the 1st November?!

(am I allowed to whinge on this thread btw?)

[Kermit power]

Please can someone sticky this! It keeps dropping off the bottom of the page!

[driverrob]

Rose cropped by driverrob, on Flickr

Edited by driverrob on Wednesday 10th November 17:30

[Kermit power]

Blimey! How come you've got flowers like that in your garden in November??? Our garden consists of nothing other than dead leaves and twigs!

[driverrob]

I picked it on Friday. It's in a rose vase with about a day's life left.

[mrs singlecoil]

Cannon EOS 1000D, F/11, 1/30sec, ISO800, 109mm, no flash.

Found this one in a sheltered spot, got a couple more buds too.

[craigbunyan]

Hi all,

been a while since I've entered anything in the comp.
Was up in Wester Ross again last week. Took this on the morning before we left.



Camera: D300s
Lens: Nikkor 50mm AF f/1.4D
ISO: 200
APP: f/3.2
Shut: 1/640

link to bigger rez

Edited by craigbunyan on Tuesday 9th November 18:42

[Fezant Pluckah]

Earwigo...



Nikon D300
Nikon 12-24 f4 @ 12mm
@ f5
1/100 sec
ISO 200

[xrrr]

Red Leaves on the Forest Floor by xrrr, on Flickr

Canon 40D + EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8
f/2.8
55mm
1/13s
ISO400

The sun had gone down, I only had my monopod and no tripod so I took about 15 photos and this was the sharpest!

[R&J]

Love the leafy carpet pics

caught this as the sun was setting this afternoon

[chrisj_abz]

Trees in Central park, NY, taken on the 17th November.


New york trip 377 by chrisj_abz, on Flickr

Camera Nikon D200
Exposure 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture f/7.1
Focal Length 15 mm
ISO Speed 100
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash No Flash

[SPR2]

DSO W80
f/5.2
1/160sec
ISO-125
Taken 26/11/10 7.38am

Edited by SPR2 on Saturday 27th November 00:38

[Waugh-terfall]

Camera: Sony Alpha A230
Date Taken: November 16th 2010 - 9.46am
Exposure: 0.002sec (1/500)
Aperture: f/6.3
ISO: 100
Flash: Off
Metering Mode: Multi-segment
Focal Lenght: 75mm

[4Lmike]

Took this at the start of the month.

ok it's not that colourful, but the theme 'natural colour' seems to describe it quite well.



Nikon D5000
F/16
0.77sec
ISO100

Edited by 4Lmike on Saturday 27th November 09:04

[kojak]

Some great shots.

[y282]

craigbunyan said:

Hi all,

been a while since I've entered anything in the comp.
Was up in Wester Ross again last week. Took this on the morning before we left.



Camera: D300s
Lens: Nikkor 50mm AF f/1.4D
ISO: 200
APP: f/3.2
Shut: 1/640

link to bigger rez

Edited by craigbunyan on Tuesday 9th November 18:42

that's now my desktop, thanks

[prelude4ws]

Untitled by widebloke, on Flickr

iPhone 4
ISO 80
f/2.8
1/185

[racing green]

Camera - Pentax K100D
Lens - 18-55mm Zoom set at 45mm
Mode - Automatic
Exposure - 1/180th sec
Aperture - f/8.0
ISO - 200
Date and time - 7th November 2010 @ 16.13pm
Subject - Horse Chesnut leaf