Fall contest submission

The city of Shoreview is holding a fall photography contest and this is what I submitted:

I'm really happy with how it turned out. It's a great combination of cute kids, late afternoon light, and manual settings on the camera (50mm, f/2, 1/400s, ISO 200). If I have a regret, it's that you can't see Veronica's face, although that is sort of intentional because this is meant to be an impersonal, commercial image. Omri's face works because it is masked in pure joy.

Thanks to everybody who helped me get this shot. The kids endured three separate photo sessions, one of which included my nephew Ezra (who still gets a cut of the prize money if we happen to win). R also helped by deftly dropping an armful of leaves on the kids about 20 times. And thanks to Shoreview for holding the contest. I hope they continue these because I do my best work when offered a challenge.