We went hiking on the day after Thanksgiving to burn some calories, spend some time away together and to become one with nature. Ok, not so much the last one, but we did enjoy the feeling of fall by seeing leafs struggling to hold on to their summer life. It’s rare to see fall in San Antonio, so it was nice.

Got in my car this morning and there was this leaf on my window, couldn't resist since I had my new camera on me.

If someone handed you a sheaf of oak leaves and told you to make a decorative ornament for your door, would you do anything different than this? (Except you might glue gun on a few acorns...) (And if it were on your door it wouldn't have the sun lighting it up to its full wattage.)

Leaf in autumn - November 2015

This was taken at Crawley Camera Club on my new Canon EOS 50D's first visit.

The leaves were back-lit using a light box.

2nd June 2010

(50D-0186-R)

Red Leaf

View On Black

A single leaf stuck on lichens

Castor Bean Leaf in the sun.

Gravedona, Italy

Lotus Leaf

Geniostoma (Labordia) sp. unidentified, plant 10

Hawaiian names: kāmakahala

Family: Loganiaceae (the logania family)

Native.

Geniostoma (Labordia) sp. unidentified, plant 11

Hawaiian names: kāmakahala

Family: Loganiaceae (the logania family)

Native.

A leaf on a green pond at Warren Woods State Park at Three Oaks, MI last fall. Photographed on Kodachrome 64 using a Nikon F4 with natural light.

...arrives on a tree in Grasmere, The Lake District.

This tree produces tasty figs

on Waycross Camp and Conference center property waycrosscenter.org

ADrawing

As far as leaf hoppers go, this fella was pretty cooperative!

Greater Angle-wing Katydid

Microcentrum rhombifolium

This bug was about 2 inches long and from the side looked just like a leaf. Found in South Texas.

rainy day

Maple Leaf Magic - A carpet of freshly fallen maple leaves coated in October frost

Interesting leaf with a small white flower at Oyster Creek Park in Sugar Land, Texas.

This is the surviving one of a pair of these plates... the other had an unfortunate kiln accident and is currently undergoing E6000 treatment. I'm thrilled with how it came out... the veins in the lettuce leaves are actually textured down into the clay and the edges of the leaf are rolled up slightly. The plate measures approx 9 inches across.

Still some snow left from the first snow fall of the season in Haninge.

My new camera actually suggested this image. I was pulling away from another composition of the flamingos in the background and saw this.

autumn sucks the colour right out of you

Ecuador 2010