I took this autumnal picture whilst I was walking through Hyde Park in London last year - the tree was a really lovely shape and the leaves a beautiful shade of orange.
A lovely tree in a lovely park. Some of the leaves have fallen off and the ones left are such a pretty autumn hue. The other trees make a stunning background. This image is a top one I'd say :)
I like the colors and the composition of this image Patti. I don't know what kind of camera you shoot, but if it takes filters you might try using a ploarizing filter. It will help by adding a little more snap to the color of good images like this.
Good colours though my thought is that you may have been let down by the tree in the background being too much noise behind the focus tree. All in all though, great picture from a great park.