So I'm more attracted to the middle one. Now what would make this spectacular would have been if the leaves had the sunlight hitting them.. now that would have brought you right into the picture.

The last one is the most interesting. I like the depth of field in this one and it has more natural contrast as well.

These are beautiful.. the colors are so rich. How did you do it? I am new to (real)photography but I've been trying to learn different ways to create photos like these. I can't tell if you used Photoshop to get these beautiful colors or high density merging.. or can you really get rich detail like this with just a camera?

or if asking is rude, please forgive me, but let me know that too as I am a new member also.