Capturing Fall - C and C Please

Any thoughts/feedback on the following? Would love your opinion! Thanks.

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I like some of these pictures, they're composed well. However some of them are overexposed, but this can be corrected with some PP.

I think the DOF is too shallow in the first, my personal preference would have been to have both leaves in focus.

The second picture is too bright, try adjusting the contrast for some deeper blacks, and also lower the highlights. It's a really nice picture other than that though.

Not too sure on the third, again abit more of the leaf in focus would've been nice, still keeping the background out of focus (try f/10 perhaps).

The fourth picture needs it's highlights toning down abit, and some PP to bring out the colour of the leaves. The background is distracting, so it would have suited the picture abit more to have the background out of focus (try Gaussian blur in Photoshop if you have it). Try a higher aperture to keep focus on the tree itself.

Fifth picture, really nice focusing. The picture is slightly overexposed. Try adjusting the contrast, and lighting curves to bring it colours back.

I also love the sixth picture, personally I like it as is, but others may comment that the point of focus should have been more central.

Thanks for the comments - very helpful. Any others?

By and large i concur with the comments already made, id just like to add that for #5 the composition and impact could be improved by placing the flower on a more off center location, preferably on an intersect of thirds..google ROT for more info on this..

cheers and hope this helps

I think #1 could have used a larger DOF so that both leaves were in focus. #4 could use a narrower DOF so that the house isn't so clear. That will make your tree stand out better, I think.