simply autumn

There would be no autumn if there were no leaves to fall.

It begins with the changes in color. Summer's vivid greens turn shades of gold and orange, some a raucous red, and then finally to crunchy browns underfoot.  We watch the show from our windows, our walks, and our drives.  It is a grand show indeed.  So much change in what seems such a short time.  An overload of beauty and a feast for the senses. Seems everywhere you click in the Shutter Sister pool right now you are bound to find images of autumn's bounty. 

On the ground.

In a little hand.

Up in the trees.

In flight.

A single leaf or a full carpet.

Let's all celebrate autumn's simplicity.  Have fun with it.  Maybe go outside and make yourself a leaf pile and jump on in!  Perhaps treasure hunt for the perfect leaf and make a leaf rub, or press it in a book to rediscover in seasons to come.  What colors and shapes are you drawn to? Do you search for the biggest brightest leaf you can find, or are you drawn to the small?

Autumn's show will be coming to a close up here in the cold north.  All too soon I will be surrounded by monotones and bare sticks. So today show me your favorite leaf shot. OVERLOAD me with all that glorious color that mother nature provides.   I can never get enough.  

Comments

[Audra Van Vliet]

From a shoot last weekend. I did not prompt her to pick of the leaf or sprig. She was running the whole show.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hellsbellarina/5109702172/

[cigi]

Autumn in the desert is subtle but it's there if you look closely. This one is from last year:
http://instamaticgratification.wordpress.com/2010/01/17/17365/

[marina]

thank you Kristin for the joy you transmit with this post and your incredibly colourful autumn shots!!!
here are two photos in which I tried to capture the colours and the effects made by the leaves still attached to the branches and moving in the wind (you could call them two imperfect shots, due to their blurriness, but this is the month of imperfection, so here they are!):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mar_s/5112000638/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mar_s/5112006498/

[Marcie]

A full and magic carpet:
http://marciescudderphotography.com/index.php?showimage=1340

[68beats ( meggie )]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34288115@N03/5110191038/

xo

[Jill F]

http://fingerontheshutter.com/2010/10/21/red-branch/

I love autumn too. There's a photo on every tree.

[Lillian]

Ooooh - I can't wait to look through all of these comments!!! This is going to be good, good, good:)

My faves:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lillianclaire/5105830672/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lillianclaire/5082400535/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lillianclaire/5020955339/

[DorkyMum]

Great post - autumn is my favourite time of year too :)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dorkymum/5099321610/

[Heather]

I am loving this post. I am currently in autumn overload and loving it. My camera is filled with photos of leaves in all the places you describe. Here are a few that have been posted before it all comes to a colorful end:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/htekmo/5108038621/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/htekmo/5103411787/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/htekmo/5060833493/in/photostream/

:)

[AnnGeeDee]

Here's a leaf that I found particularly interesting: http://www.flickr.com/photos/anngeedee/5061625166/

Our assignment for Picture Fall is about leaves today, so I know I'll have some more!

[Becky Sue]

For a school project, my son went on a treasure hunt for leaves just last evening. He road his bike around the neighborhood in search of ten different leaves. He loved the adventure.

I went on an adventure myself recently and found glorious color.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rslaflam/5116276500/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rslaflam/5116276640/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rslaflam/5115674535/

[Debbie Allan]

My leaf bouquet

http://www.flickr.com/photos/37101970@N05/5119089873/

Walking the dog

http://www.flickr.com/photos/37101970@N05/5108700141/in/photostream/

[Kiley]

Autumn in my part of China is characterized by clear blue skies and smog-free sunsets. Very different from the rest of the year.

http://www.gogovivi.com/2010/10/qingdao-tonight.html

[life in eden]

Autumn is my favorite season -- warm afternoons, cool evenings. Gorgeous mornings -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/32837589@N07/5119990741/#/

And last week I caught a little leaf love -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/32837589@N07/5101661827/

[Morgen]

From my last walk in the woods.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bearsefamily/5090678818/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bearsefamily/5090079843/

[Naomi]

Oh how I love Fall--I love the bright reds!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/50267281@N03/5104991908/

[wendy]

Fall is my favorite season!!

here's mine: http://awebert.wordpress.com/2010/10/27/specatular-oak/

[AndMilesToGo]

I love autumn. The time of year when leaves become flowers.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7919926@N04/5102137607/

[Lisa G.]

here's mine!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yarnattacks/5059781533/

[Puna]

Cute photo!

I some some curly cues to offer today.

http://lifesignatures.org/wordpress/2010/10/october-26-curly-cue/

[joey]

Oh, the joy of a pile of leaves...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/19379573@N06/5120848924/

[Jane]

Here's one of my favorites:

http://justplainjane-jane.blogspot.com/2010/09/macro-monday.html

[Beth]

For me, there is NOTHING better than Autumn in New England. When it's dirty, gray and slushy here in January, I remember the blazing colors of October and it's all okay. :)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/14632491@N07/5112255557/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/14632491@N07/5111352828/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/14632491@N07/5110752381/in/photostream/

[Jennifer]

Following along with Picture Fall, I did a picture very close to the one above!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23134155@N07/5121150542/

[shirley]

Ah, I love Fall and the leaves, even the small ones:
http://www.shirleybehindthelens.com/2010/10/leaf.html

[Cynthia]

I love all these pictures! And miss living in Maine- I used to...
www.flickr.com/photos/cynthiahenebry/5112364471/

[Stephanie]

Autumn is my favorite season!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgracephoto/5120727001/

[Jennifée]

This whole post is so full of autumn joy - a lovely read. My favourite leaf shot is still the first one I took for Picture Fall:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/85057042@N00/5040785561/in/set-72157625071600432/

[Misty]

Here is my favorite: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dontforgetthehorse/5040566140/in/photostream/

[bridge]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ridethewavesoflife/5083063020/

[Tara]

Love this post!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wild_ginger_photography/5112371407/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wild_ginger_photography/5100587529/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wild_ginger_photography/5098414094/

[jamie {74}]

here's my picture fall shot, ispired by your post today kristen. thank you.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamieklimes/5120853049/

[xanthe]

gorgeous shot, what a huge leaf!

you know i love the colours of autumn, but i'm also drawn to the shapes the leaves make as they curl up, before they fall.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/xantheberkeley/5120890415/

[Edith]

Autumn is such a wonderful season. Here are some more leaves for the collection

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616983@N05/5121599856/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616983@N05/5120995347/

[Brianne]

I love the overload of color, too. Here's my favorite from this fall:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/49765574@N08/5087871260/in/photostream/

[Ellen]

Love LOVE Fall and all the pretty leaves... I got some shaped bokeh!
http://flic.kr/p/8NzNLN

[Laura O'Hanesian]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauraophoto/5121644000/ I took this [leaf] photo minutes before reading your post, just one shot but it turned out cute! Funny I was just this morning wondering just how many times I've taken pictures of the beautiful leaves that surround me. XO thanks for the inspiration to keep shooting!

[Sally]

I just moved back from Arizona to the New England area this year, and I am SO excited to be in a "real" fall setting again! I have to make an effort not to have every single 365 photo be of leaves!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pishkinn/5075393703/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pishkinn/5045438784/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pishkinn/5040162500/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pishkinn/5115642230/

[kerin rose]

oh, I left my photo on the first page of my blog:...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kerinrose/5121867030/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kerinrose/5121264765/in/photostream/

Fall is so photogenic!

[Cherie]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/colopyfam/5121983904/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/colopyfam/5121983702/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/colopyfam/5121371241/

[Wendy]

Took this yesterday
http://www.flickr.com/photos/45559154@N06/5122290144/
thanks for letting me share today! Happy Fall : )
http://www.flickr.com/photos/45559154@N06/5111270848/in/set-72157624124634999/

[Tracy]

honestly, i don't think i've ever met a leaf that i didn't like - in any season, but especially fall! i can find something love about any leaf or piece of vegetation. :)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31417716@N00/5120108243/

[soupatraveler]

these are all awesome! so many wonderful pictures...inspiration galore! here's my addition: http://www.flickr.com/photos/soupatraveler/5122228022/

[Becky R.]

I kept this leaf from my first church camp at Camp Hope. I was 10 years old at the time. I'm now 28 going to be 29. I kept it on my bible all this time.

http://flic.kr/p/8NELbU

[blue elephant photography]

i love autumn. i took this photo today right outside our company building
http://www.flickr.com/photos/blueelephantphotography/5122649810/in/photostream/

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[Meg]

I am so glad that Kristin brought my attention to her post today. So many perfect expressions and captures. This is why I LOVE fall!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/teaandbrie/5121912886/

xo

[Angela]

Here on Vancouver Island we have a variety of Oak that grows nowhere else. The leaves go all holey as they turn brown:

http://angela-hemming.blogspot.com/2010/10/autumn-in-beacon-hill-park.html

[bicocacolors]

this picture is simply genial!!!!
I like a lot!!!