It is always hard to drain the color out of a brilliantly colored leaf, but sometimes it works for the best.

A discarded avocado seed started to sprout in the compost. It has now survived the winter but I had to bring it indoors. This leaf fell off today so I had to memorialize it.

Canon 50mm f/1.8 lens.

Heliopsis leaf

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Old folding...old picture...still pretty :)

Haven't got time to fold anything new these days :(

Water drops on a leaf as Sydney's rain continues.

A decaying gum leaf lit by the sun

Monocesta coryli-July 21, 2016, Catonsville, MD, Baltimore County.West Baltimore Quad.

In preparation for its fall to the ground, this leaf was seen stretching out between two branches. A rare sight, indeed.

High Point, NC

Oct 4, 2007

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Leaf

Helios 44-2 55/2

The Wewet Shot by: Noel M. Young

Nikon user

The details of a leaf through the Sun light.

One of my pic is in the best 5 selected for this month by Aputure. The details are in their blog

Aputure Photo Contest -January 2013

Vote for my entry "Save our Earth" if you like it :-)

Thanks!

Knoxville TN

Fall foaliage

Taken in Detroit in a courtyard in the city hall (2005). It had rained earlier that day.

In the woods, Acworth, Georgia

Teeny tiny maple leaf from one of my baby maple trees