sunkissed

sunkissed, originally uploaded by Five eyes.

I think this is one of my favorite photos--of my own work, anyway. I love the play of the sun on the focused leaf; I love the colors; I love the dimension. I did okay with the composition, too. And I love fall, so there it is. The full package.

It was also fun and easy to capture. A branch had fallen into my yard from a neighbor's yard; was just sort of hanging over the fence. I tried to snap it off, but it wouldn't budge, so I left it for another day. Another day became another day, and later it became fall and I had the turn of leaves right at eye level--and even lower. Not often that you can take a tripod and snap hanging leaves.

This one won in the Pinnacle "Plants/Flowers/Trees" category, 50:29. Tough rounds, as you might imagine. I am proud, even though pride comes before a fall. And after autumn.