leaf photos on Flickr

Shot on Raw, using a reversing ring on 18-55mm lens, no control of aperture so really shallow DoF and focusing very tricky, black background with LED light

frosted leaf by Tom

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Tenacious by Katy

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This small leaf held onto my car window at eye level for about seven miles up the road, not falling of even as the rain drops around it and holding it on evaporated. It seemed like I should do it some justice in posting it's photo for perpetuity to commemorate it being so tough.

Today and yesterday was full of tree training in cold wet weather. It made me wonder why I was trying when I was hungry and tired and sore. Funny thing how something so small can make you think and maybe a little humbled.

We need to pay attention to the small things more.

2010-10-30 The sadness of a maple leaf by T. Le Thang

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La tristesse d'une feuille d'érable.

Nỗi buồn của một chiếc lá phong.

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Translucent by gripspix (mostly off, health issues)

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Leaf cutter Bee. by Ivan Lynas

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Leaf cutter bee resting on ivy in my garden.

green leaf by shuvarthy chowdhury

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leaf by Wilson Lee

leafs by Anna Merz

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mamiya 645 + macro less

Leaf by Mark Davitt

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Last leaf by Chris Grimwood

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Leaf. by Monika Rasljic

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Maple Leaf Gardens by Neal Jennings

So, I have to admit, I was WAY more excited about seeing the inside of Maple Leaf Gardens (which, somewhat disappointingly, has not been altered at all since it closed) than I was about seeing this piece. My expectations were met - the piece was interesting (see the description below), but it could easily have been set up in any building in town and gotten the same (if not better and more intimate) result.

Without Persons, 2008

Luis Jacob - Toronto, Canada

Multimedia Installation

"Without Persons" is a multi-media installation centered around two computer-generated male and female voices speaking about being-in-the-city and being-with-others. Accompanying the audio are two video screens which will abstractly and resonantly illustrate the spoken text. The artificial voices speak in an earnest manner about being with others in society -- voices that seem to belong to the concerned but disembodied surrogate-parents of an uncannily absent child.

As audience members, it is within us that is produced the primal scene of conception and birth, the emergence of our budding consciousness, and our entry into a well-managed existence. The eagerness to communicate expressed by these caring, parental voices contrasts poignantly with the inhuman aura of artificial speech.

Leaf by Nikola Vidoevski