that one really looks like a hand, great job again!

I like the two being compared like this though I am partial to the left one, the one on the right looks freaky

hehe nice, the picture is lovely but the conversation below is fantastic!

interesting picture! yes!!! it looks like a hand =)

Well that's what age does to a leaf! Lilly's find will be there one day... I love your "specimen dish". :)

I would extend Amanda comment: that's what age does to every living thing. Beautiful? Eek!

I like it

nice contrast.......if either of you want to look at some more leaves, you are welcome to come to my house and collect all that you want!!! My yard, sidewalk, driveway, and gutters are covered with them!!!

ah, i really like these. =) diff but complementary images... stone in it's nature state, fresh leaf. stone, into a bowl, leaf, dead. (well it was a leaf, now it's jus a preserved hand lol)

Ronnie's hand is...just this close! best...jerry

Nice to see you branching out. as for your 'hand' Ronnie I can take it or leaf it

Nice fall colors go well with the stone and the specimen dish. I think I prefer Lilly's specimen though.

A very creative composition ! I like it a lot

My favorite thing? That old blue and cream dish! I love that.

Hehehe love Lilys comment about the severed hand

Lilly's leaf is actually quite beautiful - and set off nicely against the grey speckled background. As for yours..... :)

True it looks like a wist :) Love the harmony of colors ~ 

I think this perfectly depicts the pros and cons of autumn. :-)

Great work!

Good evening, Ronnie,
the conversation is very funny. The leaf on the right side really looks like a withered hand. I like your ideas very well and encourages me to make something funny too. Dear greetings Christel

That preserved hand seems to have more character as it takes on a three-dimensional look. But I will have to say it does look like a severed hand with the fingers and thumb curling. Thank you for the laugh. :-D

Original..... j'adore, bravo et bonne soirée, Philippe.

The eye of the beholder...

Right on, Lilly!

Fantastic and very clever image! I looove fall leaves.

...but beautiful in its own way!

Lily's response always cracks me up....! Beautiful comparison Ron.

Haha. And "eek!" is so apt a word.

2 very different representations of autumn. The light on the leaf of Lilly is wonderful. For Ronnie, you could try to flip your picture and compare with this one. The "hand" will face to the other leaf, idem for the wood veins.

The dish reminds me of an old ashtray my father usd to keep on his dresser for change ( us kids would dip into unsees......)

Sorry, Ronnie. I'm with Lilly on this one.

Very good dialogue, and a special eye to find the quid of a composition.

Lovely shots. It does look like a hand.

Nice shot! The one on the right really looks like a hand held as a claw!

Nice shot

i like the severed hand image,so apt!I always wish to travel to countries with seasons and collect these leaves in their fiery colours and keep them as souvenir. THanks for telling me about Saturn's new ring,i am going to tell Caleb,he is going to be really excited.His fave planet!:)

great colors for fall..well done !

hahahahahaha - I liked that one...

I like both the images and the combination

Lilly is right, it does look like a severed hand. Still a great combination of images as you always do.

very good image, nice one

i love the thought that you put in to your shot i enjoy your images

Ewww, it does look like a severed hand now that I look at. Wonderful comparison and wonderful shots!!!

How thought provoking - everything will shrivel away and die (no wait, they are both dead - is one more dead than the other? Is there death after death?)

I had a laugh. I liked your image and dialogue, Ronnie.

I like your use of textures and color. Very nice design. It looks like a severed hand to me also.

I like the contrast of the 2 images...but what is so pretty and beautiful on the left will eventually wind up shriveled and dry. I do like the severed hand :)

Could be the same leaf at different stages... makes me think about the passage of time

hahaah...It does happen to the best of us.

You have a wicked silly super sense of humor...not a bad photographer either !!! ;-)

That surely looks like a hand....beautiful shot

very nice contrast, like the hand

Another great leap of imagination.

I like the natural mood of Lillies colorful leaf on the speckled rock, but I see Ronnie is back in the lab with his severed hand and specimen dish. Is it the same lab you make your coffee in?
This brought a smile, I enjoye the comparison and how you have presented this.

it sure does! a bit creepy but how brilliant! nice work! :)

A terrific series of relationships between the two images, distinct and worthy of standing alone, yet even more compelling in conversation.