Beauty in Decay (Best Viewed LARGE)

Went for a walk through a scenic trail today. Unfortunately, it was a little dark (we should have gone earlier in the day). I held this rotting leaf up to the light and saw beauty in its decaying form.

Thanks for all your recent comments and favs. My Unicycle Man made the Top 20 this week... so exciting!!

[Katie]

Wow, great find and the blue and the bokeh are fabulous!

[bardejov]

Fall leaves are beautiful even with their decay. Great bokeh and sun flare.

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

The bokeh really makes this an exceptional photograph!

[Nada A.]

Love the colors and bokeh. So beautiful.

[Simply Amanda]

Oh I love this! Such a lot of eye candy going on here. A fav!

[Chris]

Beautiful! LOVE the bokeh AND the sun peaking through!

[Kerri]

Beautiful

[Lorraine]

What beautiful colors.

[Stacey]

Gorgeous, good idea. Congrats on the T20...apparently I made it too, for the first time ever. Feels good doesn't it?

[Linda Lorraine]

Love this image the sun flare is fantastic to make your beauty in decay image very strong

[Michael Blachly]

Great shot. Love the blue sky. Great idea too.

[klh]

Great colors. It's like a mosaic.

[TC]

Beautiful colors! So Creative!!

[Sandra]

Great shot, very nice colour.

[Lesley Chisholm]

Stunning shot, the colours, detail and light are awesome.

[Nicole Campbell]

Gorgeous capture.

[Livia]

What a beautiful shot, great perspective, and I love the sunlight that you've captured!

[Vicki Dixon]

awesome shot! and great job on the unicycle man! It is and AMAZING SHOT!!!!

[Terry H]

I can't say anything more than what everyone else has said. Everything about it is just so beautiful. FAV!

[Johanna]

The sunflare really crowns the shot. Great find - I share your love for the beauty of autumnal decay! ;)

[Meagan]

So beautiful wonderful shot!

[Caroline Begg]

I can see everyone else had the same reaction as me when I saw this....FAV!

[Lani 🌺]

Fabulous! I love the bokeh & light!

[Peter H]

Lovely shot, you made the best use of the light.

[Graeme Dallas]

Superb dof, great capture.

[Karen]

Lovely capture of the light through the leaf. I like the bluish background also.

[Stephanie Dc]

Great picture, love the sun coming through !

[samantha]

Gorgeous shot, the colours and light are beautiful =)

[Rachel Mackenzie]

Lovely capture. The light and the bokeh are just amazing. The textures really are wonderful!

[Peter de Graaff]

Quite a cool capture

[Jolly]

Fab bokeh! Beautiful photo.

[Phil]

That blue sparkle sets it off beautifully!

[BeckyS]

Stunning shot!

[Tina121967]

Wow..awesome shot!

[Brenda T. Schwartz]

Love the colors in the bokeh

[Julia]

oh so beautiful! bokehlicious! (:

[Humphrey Hippo]

Love the skeletal parts of the leaf - and fab bokeh!

[Ruth Moucharafieh]

Fabulous!

[Neythra]

wow, beautiful!, Fav!

[Netkonnexion]

Wonderful! Lovely work.

[Tia]

Beautiful shot! Love the sunflare and the colours of the bokeh!

[Leana Niemand]

Wow this is fantastic! What a wonderful shot, love all the colours, the full screen view is really wonderful!

[Aaron]

Love this, and the bokeh is to DIE for! Fave!

[Wendy]

Gorgeous in every way -- with that sunlight, it reminds me of stained glass. Fav!

[Amaya Williams]

Congrats on the Unicycle Man's well-deserved success. This beautiful bokeh with the crisp sky is outstanding.

[Danny G.]

Gorgeous!

[Harriet]

I always like things like this. The colors really set this apart from many shots, and I like how you framed it, too. Nicely done.

[Dawn Reilly]

ohhhhh! Beautiful!!

[michelle mcintyre]

Stunning - fav!!

[Deb]

Beautiful!

[Sassik]

Beautiful blue and bokeh and light!

[Katrinka]

Awesome! A fav!

[Lisa Pouncy]

Gorgeous xx

[Ella El Ami]

Wow! perfect

[jenny tucker]

this is perfection - - one of the best shots i've seen on 365 in two years! - - that is how much i like it! - - beautiful color, beautiful decay, beautiful sun, composition, bokeh.....oh my! you are my hero!

[KWind]

@sticksandstones Wow, Thanks Jenny. That's quite a compliment!!

[Linda Agne]

Great find - love the blue and the bokeh - congrats on PP

[☯ Sarah ☁]

Beautiful shot!

[Mindy Cowap]

This is beautiful

[Caryn]

Very cool capture.

[Suomi]

Gorgeous!!

[Jessika Jane Gilker]

Wonderful light & colors! The bokeh is fantastic!

[Juliette Packham]

this is a great shot - love the detail and the light - a fav from me

[Erica Waterer]

Lovely lighting - love it