thank you so much Sylvia for your judgement! i have ADD and often attention defecit, and often dont have the patience to choses between similar images. i have added one more, jpeg 9984, , oh, 212 with just a few yellow leaves i took in november of 02, one of my first photos in recent yrs, and i have been shooting sugar maple trees lately and it occured to me to go back just yesterday and see if the maple had more color that would add to it... i didnt get quite as close to it as 2 years ago... anyway it has remained one of my favorite images over the lst 2 yrs..fun to go back and have your vote and encouagement.......thanks very much, don