Last leaf before the cruel winter. Found in someone's garden...

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This ornate little leaf beetle is Zygogramma tortuosa. Members of this genus are often confused with the genus Calligrapha.

I shot this rose leaf on a 5x4 camera with a roll film back. the magnification is 2:1. the detail in the piece of film is awesome.

In order to satisfy the rules committee for my lack of theme submissions I have been ordered to submit a photo that covers the last two themes...

Blue - the Toronto Maple Leafs blue (duh)

Personification - this would be hope personified, or maybe insanity, or maybe both.

I found this leaf posing like that of a trunk of an elephant!!

on a cold and grey November day.

"...

I lifted all my thoughts and flew

and you watched me fall away..."

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from "Fall Away"/written by Lauren Hoffman

Small Leaf Hopper about 4mm in length taken at Ma-a Riverside, Davao City. Captured with 5DM2 with Canon mp-e 65 at 3.5x and Canon Macro Twin-lite MT24EX, stof-fen diffuser.

Nicely coloured leaf

This cake was made for a 16 years old boy. Chocalate mania....chocolate cake with chocolate ganache. Marble leaf made of DCC + WCC.

The same Leaf Beetle from behind. Happy Beautiful Bug Butt Thursday, everyone! [Blackheath, Blue Mountains, NSW]

Down by the pond, at my Grandparents [Mom's side].

Cropped, taken on an FZ200, handheld, and slightly sharpened. I really am amazed that the chlorophyll structures are visible! The lighting on the green caught my eye.

My first acceptable medium format photo. Unfortunately, I had no Nikon 9000 film scanner. Dust comes from the scan.

There had been no water at the lodge at dawn, though it was sorted by 0700. 2 of us got a lift to bridge 2 at 0800. Sadly once again the sun did not show itself this high up.

I assume that this is a leaf beetle.

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leaf colour on bonsai acer. Natural light

Resized and sharpened.

Marcia Wachuta

Boscobel, Wisconsin

I decided to challenge myself by leafing out and using the color GREEN! --- Not Blue!

This week's challenge was to be inspired by Annie Young and her beautiful art work. It is very obvious that she loves what she does.

My creation for this week needed to be something I love to do:

I love to make "free form" quilts.

I love to work with blue fabrics, but I decided to work with a color that challenges me - greens. I do not like the color green and I have a hard time matching greens.

I quilted my table runner with small meandering with leaves and swirls. I call it "Meandering with a Twist". It is my most favorite quilting. It looks traditional, yet has a modern twist with the addition of the leaves.

I shared the construction of the quilt top on my blog. marciascraftysewing.blogspot.com/2013/02/leafing-out.html

Thanks Kim for another wonderful quilt challenge!

A leaf inside the tropical house at the Sydney Botanic Gardens

Winter

Leaf of Fatsia japonica.

floating leaf

Leaf macro blackandwhite

Leaf and camera sitting on the ground (black and white). This macro shot was taken in Temuka, Canterbury, New Zealand.

The annual leaf macro taken in Gville.

Macro like a tree...and get outta here

Leaf Tato box, folded from 6 inch octagon. Taken on camera phone, blurry.

Not sure if this is a Leaf Beetle or not, it was found in the same area as the Orange Ladybird.