Awesome Shot, beautiful foliage

great image and welcome to RB

Gorgeous capture and excellent clarity!

Very nice image.
Colours really bring home the autumnal feel. Composition is perfect.

What amazing scenery. It’s like a movie set. Every leaf perfectly placed. How wonderful that you have visited this place and taken a piece of it away with you.

Beautiful setting, such a gorgeous photo..

Excellent, the image has such tranquility yet is still powerful
Well done
Rock

Gorgeous!

Absolutely gorgeous.. love the colors…. great feel to this…

stunning shot!

Great Colors! Very eye catching.

lovely pictures..well done

i would have this picture on my wall its great, i see your new here too! i just got my first proper camera two weeks ago. Do you get much time to get out and take pictures? i dont, im in a city and work all week :(

This picture is beautiful… it looks like it is out of a fairytale

this is such a gorgeous photo, the colours are amazing and its really sharp and clear, really makes me want to be there, i love it :-)

I thought I recognised this beauty. Good to see you here Matt! Good to see this glorious shot too!

Outstanding capture, very warm and inviteing, perfect clarity.

Wonderful, wonderful colours without over-saturation. Wow!

Excellent capture…beautiful colors and composition

OnExposure is where I saw your work….this photo, actually!

Beautiful colors!

Oh yes – this is really pretty!

Beautiful photo. Congratulations on being chosen as a group atavar!

Truly amazing colour and detail

amazing image! well done!

yes, very beautiful colors.

Wow! Beautiful capture! Love it!

Absolutely stunning!

WOW! Love the colors!

Just beautiful! Well done.

Beautifully done! I love to see how the seasons affect specific images.

WoW! Just stunning! Amazing colours, wonderful composition, nicely exposed. Love it!

What they said …

beautiful!:)

this is amazing and i love the title

Amazing beauty, in colours, shapes and composition!

Jawdroppingly beautiful!!!

Beautiful image, vibrant colour and great composition.

Beautiful colors and a great composition.

gorgeous!!

absolutely fab….well done!!

AWonderful colors and comp, has a magical feel to it

This is a magnificent tree and you have captured it well from the intricacy of the fallen leaves to the vivid colour and silhoette effect of the branches. Wondefully composed.

Wow the colours in this are amazing..

Fantastic ~ love those autumn colours !!

just fantastic ..the scene, the color , everything !

stunning image!

Beautiful photo!

A stunning gorgeous emotive image!

Beautiful, amazing, stunning!!!!

Superb shot…such fantastic color…Love it.

really beautiful. So serene…

Spectacular shot – I love the range of colours and density of foliage in this shot, as well as the bold black of the tree and its interesting twisting form

Beautiful scene

WOW!!! AMAZING!!

Great use of backlight to illuminate the leaves

amazing colors and composition!

so magical like it came straight off of a tim burton set (and then added color)

Fantastic composition!!!!

i love japanese maples, they are truly beautiful trees, my second favourites, after oaks.

xx
s-a

Beautiful, a very peaceful image, whell named.

almost looks to real to be real…........awesome and beautiful to me…....greattttttttt

You should enter this in the Trees group contest, quite lovely..

Very fine work you have there!

Eden indeed! Absolutely flawless.

gorgeous. I like the way the darkness of the tree seems to slither in and out of the brilliant colors of the leaves.

Great composition.Beautiful foliage.Peaceful scene.

beautiful

super shot Matt!
What an absolutely breathtaking garden.

Stunning!

This is a truly perfect image, a perfect title indeed!

That’s really stunning. Colours that jump!

This was an instant fav…I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything more beautiful!!!!!!!!!!

This is amazing!

fantastic colors and composition. such an enchanting place!

Another stunning shot, love the colours of this one even more than the other image

Instant fav Matt. Beautiful image.

a beautiful shot I love this

Gorgeous colors and excellent capture !!

Great colors and the foreground detail provides the depth of field for really impressive 3 dimensionality. Fine image. fred

Mhhh what can i tell after so many comments?! It’s really fantastic and inspire me to paint it!

STUPENDOUS!

LOVE THE CONTRAST AND COLOR

beautiful! tranquil and vibrant at the same time! :)

I love the colours in this picture, great work

Outstanding work !

From one of my favorite places on Earth… A beautiful photograph, Eden indeed! Dave

YOU SHOULD DO ONE FOR EACH SEASON,I WOULD.

I love fall and this is the essence!

Another superb shot!!! love it.

Very beautiful:)

This is completely wonderful, I love it :) Will have to make this a favorite :)

This is amazing. i love autum because of what it gives us in terms of colour, and smells….brilliant shot! special!:-))

Amazing colours the beauty of Autumn…

you’ve probably already guessed by now that this is an exquisite photo ;]

your perspective is true
the colors are absolutely magnificant
and the detail is crisp and beautiful

the effect is positively stunning!
i especially love the black, gnarled fingers of the branches contrasted with all those firey leaves

Gorgeous beautiful colours. Perfect in every way.

wonderful

Magnificent colours and composition!

this is absolutely gorgeous…

What a spectacular contrast of colors and textures. Love it!

Drop dead gorgeous! Fabulous shot! Wonderful colors. instant fav

Vibrant and beautiful! Great perspective!

Absolutely beautiful, the colors and the peacefulness of the place, just draw you right in!

This is seriously stunning stuff!!!

This is an amazing shot.
But judjung by the amount of comments you have you’d already know that.
To be honest this, is fantastic, and its hard to believa that an ametur took this, and thats a compliment.
xx Abbey

That’s so gorgeous!
Kaiden

Very pretty picture. Congratulations

Gorgeous colours! We love maples :)

Great image.

A lovely image, i enjoy Japanese gardens, the maples and colours.. well done

A very beautiful location and well captured..

Beautiful!

Congratulations on being featured!!!! Wonderful capture…

Beautiful, those fall colors are fabulous.

Wow This is Beautiful!! wonderful colors and detail…

What a stunning shot..

Breathtaking shot! Beautiful!

wonderful

Beautiful image and colors.

Gorgeous- What a magical scene x

Just perfect!!!

See you got it in, great, lovely a real winner.

Excellent autumn rendition !

Gorgeous! A perfect illustration of Automn!

Stunning colours, lovely composition

Beautiful colors, composition and details. Just voted for this image in the “Give it your Best Shot” challenge. Well done

Gorgeous!!!!!!

Beautifully done! Kudos on your win!

Such a lovely image! A well deserved First Place Winner in our Fabulous Fall contest. Congrats to you!

Congrats on your win!

Steve ;-)

A magnificent capture, and completely deserving of the recognition.
Congratulations!

Absolutely gorgeous!! Congratulations on winning the challenge! :D

Congrats on this stunning photo!!

Congrats!It was my favorite!

what a perfect tree, and truly incredible shot

What a wonderful capture of autumn in all its colorful glory!
Congratulations on the tree win, an excellent representation :-)
woo-hooo

Many congratulations on winning Fabulous Fall Challenge … well done.
This is abeautiful image and well deserved :)

Congrats on the challenge. This really is a beautiful image and deserves every vote it got. Great work.

the name seems to suit the photo. beautiful colors.

Stunning capture! Congrat’s!

Excellent capture…....... the colours are amazing!!
Congrats on the challenge!!

amzing! So beautfiul!

beautiful…

well done, a real winner!

Wahoo.. looks like you came in 1st, well deserved… Congradulations.

Fantastic capture. Look like a dream.

A beautiful image! Spectacular colours and wonderful composition.

Stunning!

Superb!

wow what a spectacular picture!!

simply stunning scene.. what a superb capture.. amazing work!

Wow Very Pretty!

I like the setting hear beautiful work!

congratulations on another challenge win in mother natures finest—the photo certainly got my vote – dave

What a AWESOME Image!!!!!!!!!!! I love it!!!!!!!

grats, well deserved.. Such a lovely shot. I was honored to be even in the same contest with you :) Steve

Congrats on your win in the Nature’s Finest Challenge!!

Congratulations, this was a deserving winner in the Mother Natrue’s Finest competition, I certainly voted for it and have made it a favourite. Stunning colours and great composition. Well done.

Awesome Colors :)

Fantasic Image, Love the colours

Very pretty!! Congratulations!! :-)

goregeous, gorgeous, gorgeous!!! Congrats on being avatar of month too.

Congratulations, and what a fabulous picture!

This doesn’t just look like Eden … this IS Eden.
Awesome work!\
Congratulations.

CONGRATULATIONS, THIS IS TRULY A WINNER!!!

-Antonio

Congrats, this is a fantastic image.

Congratulations on being selected Avatar for the Mother Nature’s Finest group!!! Gorgeous capture!

wooo-hoooo! another big congratulations for the Avatar win!
Simply a gorgeous composition to represent! :-)))))

spectacular capture! congrats on avatar!

gorgeous !

Beautiful work!!! Congratulations on the Avatar!!!

CONGRATS

Truly a utopia, i’d fly to wherever just to see it
thanks for bringing this scene onto my computer :D
much apreciated

well done on your wonderful win it really is a great shot

Awesome photography…...congrats on winning Avatar for the month!

magnificant!!!! congratulations

Congratulation!...a stunning nature capture…beautifully composed…great colors

Heartfelt congratulations on your winning entry in the Nature’s Finest with this extraordinarily beautiful image! Wonderful DOF and rich colours, it is very pretty! Aloha kakahiaka, I wish you a sparkling day! Sharon

Congratulation – fantastic image:)

Awesome beauty … and congratulations!

stunning! congrats and … well deserved !

wow, amazing colours, well framed, nice work!!

failingjune! You must be exhausted responding to all the adulation (oh, the price of fame …)—you deserve every bit of it, so here’s yet another! This is absolutely beautiful! So well-seen, composed, and rendered. Congrats on your success!
Cheers! Rich VanWart

Beautiful photograph!

beautful capture, looks like a japanese garden.

Wonderful colours

Fantastic! I can just see a sorceress or nymph hanging out in this beautiful, colorful scene.

gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous ;)

congratulations! this image has made it into the !

in the ‘permenant avatar challenge’ Prize Challenges

I went to this image expecting to say “What can I say about this image that hasn’t been said before?”
And I was right… What they said!
Right place, right time, right execution. Pat on the back to you.

Amazing color

The framing is perfect, I keep coming back to look at it.

Congratulations for winning the Forest challenge !!
wow ~ your image is glorious !! incredibly beautiful

A brilliant photo. Many of the comments are drawn to the colour and the leaves but what I see (and in the green shot as well) is the framing and detail of the trunk and branches.
Magnificent composition.
And yes the colour and exposure are magnificent too. Totally worth any accolades it has recieved.

AND NOW EVEN INTHE AS IS GROUP :

ON YOUR TOP 10 !!!!

Wow! Great picture!
I would invite you to the new group Your Magic Places :)

AND AGAIN

ON YOUR TOP 10 IN THE CHALLENGE OF “THE COLOURS OF FALL” IN LIVE, LOVE, DREAM!!!!!!!!!!!!

Very nice!!! :)

Congratulations on placing in the top ten in the Untouched Orange Challenge in the As Is group!!

OMG!!!!!
YOU DO LIVE IN EDEN!
This is magestic.

This is so very magical and beautiful.

Wooow another feature!!! Amazing….you’re really rocking redbubble :o))
CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN on your feature in “the Untouched Orange Challenge!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy dancing time :o))

Congratulations…This is beautiful…Wonderful colors!!!!!!!!!

unbelievable!

Received my card of this today! Fantastic-this is a truly amazing image! Michelle

I would have voted for this image in the “Western United States Artists and Photographers group” but you lost the coin toss. However, I think it’s just a beautiful shot and thought I’d tell you so here! :-)

This is a beautiful composition. Top marks for colour textures and structure.

http://la-vita-a-bella.deviantart.com/art/Japanese-Autumn-102083572

Phew!

lovely

beautiful colours x

Featured in the Images for Film group – 2nd Dec 2008 :)

Really beautiful

looks like a heaven – beautiful mq

this is a beautiful image. The composition is outstanding.

So very beautiful!

Great original picture of a very photographed place. Sublime scene!

I love this picture, but I also love Oregon! YAY OREGON!! It’s just so pretty, one half is lush and green and the other a sprawling desert-ish area!

South of Portland, near Molalla

Very :)

very lovely!!

That is so beautiful!!!

stunning work,, congratulations

I live in the Portland area and frequently photograph the gardens too. This is a nice shot.

So lucious, so absolutely beautiful. May I pull up my chair and sit here forever? So gorgeous!

Beautiful colours!

Congratulations on winning the challenge in the buyers r us

Can you readd this to the front of the group so it can be featured

well done

Exceptional

This is beautiful.

Congratulations on your win! Great photo!

Stunning!!! Congratulations on your win!!!!!!!!!!! Wonderful shot!!!!!!!!!!

I loved this before and still do. Well done on winning the challenge and many congratulations to you.

Congratulations on winning the challenge – great image

Congrats on such a well deserved challenge win!!

Congratulations on the challenge win. This is just fabulousf and I simply must drive down to these gardens in the fall. This is just stunning.

Absolutely stunning! Great shot and what a beautiful place.

Wow….this is gorgeous!! CONGRATS on the challenge win in Live, Love & Dream!!

CONGRATS on the Challenge WIN!! What Perfect Photo—-I would love to sit right there everyday!

Congrats on the challenge win. This is truly a spectacular image. Well deserved.

i already fav’d this but i fav’d it again~ congrats on winning the live love dream challenge for fantastic landscapes! i’d have this on my wall and never tire dreaming amongst it’s beauty
♥t

This is an absolutely gorgeous capture. Great composition and color as well. Instant fav and congrats on the challenge win!

Such a gorgeous photo!!! The colors are stunning!! Congratulation on your latest win!!

I have seen it already many times and always on featured photos. Congratulations so so much.

congrats on the win, well deserved
gorgeous shot, love all the colours

Stunning landscape, love your choice of composition. Looks like a picture out of a Fairy Tale.

CONGRATULATIONS on your win!! Lovely image, beautiful colouring and textures!

This is beautiful!! Well done on the win!

fantastic, congrats on the winning image

Thank you everybody! I know most of you probably will not see this comment, but I’m making it anyways! The great deal of support means a lot to me and I am sorry if I cannot answer each comment individually :(

Congratulations on winning the challenge.

gordious!!!!! We live in the Portland area too. But have never seen this park so pretty. Great job!

Beautiful

Beautiful image, congrats on the feature and a fave for me!

Congratulations – This ART is Featured in the All Oregon Group

Dave Dennis & Debbie

Very nice! Why is it I have never been here when I live so close. This shot convinves me I need to go! Congrats on your feature. I’m honored to be featured at the same time in the all oregon group!

wooooooooooo hoooooooooooo another feature~!!!
congrats
♥t

Wow! Incredible color play here! Congratulations.

A gorgeous shot, love the contrast between green and orange.

So vibrant. Wonderful color composition.

Wow, this is lovely!

Absolutely amazing colours! Well taken!

Fabulous. Really something. But you stole my title! LOL. Just for kicks, you might want to check out the shot I used this same title for.

Eden it is…

Brilliant!! Congrats on placing in the TOP TEN Challeng of THIRDS!!! Well done!

Congratulations! Your photo has been featured in “Garden Design + Colour & Light”

This photo was chosen because it was of a very high quality and it captured exactly the sort of work we are looking for in this group.

Please keep up the great work and we hope you continue to add more of your excellent photographs to our group.

You must be making a million dollars off of this one, it’s that fabulous!!! Congratulations on your top 10 win it should of been number 1.

Glorious shot! so beautiful, instant fav.;o)) God Bless,Mae

Glorious shot! so beautiful, instant fav.;o)) God Bless,Mae

Absolutely Amazing, What a Wonderful Photographer your are well done.
Anna

Absolutely Amazing, What a Wonderful Photographer your are well done.
Anna

OUTSTANDING PHOTO , LOVE THE BEAUTIFUL COLORS

AWESOME wORK!!!

So Beautiful~

You’ve made me want to visit the gardens when the next time I’m in Portland. Heck, I might just have to find a reason to go down there soon. Great shots!

Lot’s of great stuff! Impressed : )

fantastic shot!

woah! wonderful image :)

takes my breath away…Wow.

this transport s me to a mystical place :)

excellent,

Wonderful!! Love it!!

Nice to watch and perfect framing !

Awesome shot…..what a super series too!!

This is an absolutely breathtaking, brilliant image.

You did absolutely everything right in this image. Great rule of thirds, balanced color and a dynamic scene. This leaps off the computer screen. Wonderful image.

this is really beautiful thank you for creating this
i am getting my work together very new to this
L

Wow! amazing shot! the colours are amazing!

Incredibly beautiful image. I love that you’ve gone back to photograph the spot through the seasons. What a magical place!

Perfect! =)

Congratulations! Your work was voted the most popular entry in a First Things Group challenge.

ahhh, what gorgeous colors. I love this, it seems to have a sense of magic to it!

This is a really beautiful scene, the colours are gorgeous :)

so many comments! Congrats on EVERYTHING! Just beautiful…

so many comments! Congrats on EVERYTHING! Just beautiful…

Beautiful color and composition!

Amazing! Don’t think I could sleep if I knew this scene was waiting outside my window!

Awesome Picture! The colors are amazing!

I live near Portland….I’m definitely going to have to get there. Wonderful work.

Beautiful capture!

Lovely colours and composition!

I like it a lot!

this place look like a perfect place to be…. this would be wonderful in The Beauty of Nature

oh wow what a beautiful shot…i can totally see myself spending alot of my time here with a good book :)

beautiful color/shot

I love acers!

What a wonderful capture. Such intense colour.

Great great shot, so wonderful, i have never seen such a beautiful tree.

I totally agree with all the other comments above!!
:) :) :)

Amazing

So peaceful and colourful. Perfect capture.

Colors….Scene…...Frame…...everything is perfect…

I like it and nice to see you here.

one of the most beautiful nature shots i’ve ever seen… it simply caught my eyes… and makes me wish stay there now…

GORGEOUS!

Wonderful image. I love the details and how true the colors are. The full series is pretty amazing as well!

Wow! Amazing series, love them all, nice job :)

All of the Above….......fantastic

Stunning! What a beautiful place and you have captured the essence of it so well.

Just beautiful. I feel like I’ve seen this image before. Shutterpoint perhaps?

this must be one of the most exquisite images I have seen in autumn splendour in a long time … Incredible piece – well done !!!

A fave.

Simply Stunning….......