i had many things to do today, when the sun hit a huge leaf and a bottle behind it, shone thru the leaf. and off i go. easily distracted, i know. anyway, it was fun.

come faling down, come September..." Van Morrison

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR FAVS AND LOVELY COMMENTS THEY ARE MUCH APPRECIATED

vine leaf on the wane

Scientific Name: Fittonia verschaffeltii pearcei

Just before we headed off to the airport Coleen took a few shots of the Bleeding Hearts just after it had rained. My flower shots were not good, but I loved the way the water droplets covered the leaves.

ISCO OPTIC 95mm f2 cinema projection lens.

Taken while walking through a riverside park. This tree was at the far end of the park, and just bathed in sunshine.

Ah bu güz yaprakları! Ne kadar çok gürültü yapıyorlar! Bütün kış düşlerim uçup gidiyor.

Raindrops on a bulrush leaf

A maple leaf floating over the lake.

P1250810 - Nilgiri Laughingthrush - Size 20 cm

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Nilgiri laughingthrush - IUCN Red list endangered species.

The Nilgiri laughingthrush (Montecincla cachinnans) is endemic to high elevation areas of the Nilgiris region of Western Ghats, India.

Also known as Black-chinned or Rufous-breasted Laughingthrush.

Happy birding 🐾

Enlarge if you don't see the tiny hairs!

Flickr Worldwide Photowalk Munich - Macro textures

A single leaf seems to show off all the brilliance of autumn in one stroke. Most have faded by now as November closes in!

Megachile

Pausing on my flower project at the moment...

This leaf was "stuck" in mid-air by a spider web.

Autumn's signs

Promise....I've posted my last leaf. Moving onto winter now...just waiting for the snow to arrive! :-)

Close up of fern leaf. On-camera flash diffused with milk carton.

speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.” ~ Emily Bronte

One more from our early walk the other day!

Processed with VSCO with a5 preset

A leaf from an Buddleja ‘White Chip’ (vlinderstruik)

A male House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) sits high in a Cedar tree, keeping an eye on things around him!

... have a great sunday... :=)))