These are all pictures that I took in Helena over the weekend at a park called Spring Meadow.  There was this cool algae that had collected along the outer edges of the lake and it created a cool setting for the leaves. 

I like the patterns in the algae and how they run through the picture.  I dont really like the two small shadows created by the leaf in the upper right hand corner

 I like this one with the interesting shadows and highlights on the leaf and how the lines in the algae outline the leaf.  I think the composition of this picture could have been a little better by maybe cutting off a little bit of the left edge so the same amount of leaf is off the frame like it is on the top

 I like the contrast of the red leaf covered with green algae floating on top of it.  The composition is not that interesting because the leaf is in the very center of the picture plane.  But it was on the very edge of the lake so I didnt have very many other options other than zooming out which would have taken away the detail and emphasis on the red leaf and the green algae.

 I like how water reflection plays into this picture and I think it makes the picture of an ordinary leaf much more interesting. I also like the smooth line where the water starts in contrast with the jagged outline of the leaf at the top of the picture plane.  I do not like the small reflection of the sun in the top part of the picture.

 Both of these pictures don't necessarily have leaves as the main subject though they are in the picture.  But I do like the composition of the above picture and how the eye travels along the water nicely through the picture and brings the viewers attention to the algae and covered in leaves.  In the picture below I like how the eye travels through the picture as it follows the highlighted fishing line.  however, I don't like the plain boring background.