Enlightened....

I took this last night as the sun went down whilst walking the dogs.It stood out within the cropped wheat as a lovely red colour.

I was starting to feel quite poorly, apart from my sudden joint pains. I got home and went to bed. I very shortly had a temperature of 102F. I've got my temperature down to almost normal today, but still don't feel good so have taken the day off work. I hope I can go back to work tomorrow as I have so much to do and it just piles up!

[Joan Robillard]

Hope you are feeling better soon. Love the simplicity of this shot.

[Denise]

Gorgeous work. Love the little web. Hope you are feeling better soon.

[Francoise]

Love the lighting, the way you can see the little hairs/webs around the edges of the beautiful red. Just noticed the simple background in the thumbnail too. Nice.

[Faye Turner]

Great lighting. Nice capture.

[Danny G.]

Quite a lovely image. I hope you feel better!

[Ashley]

Beautiful rim lighting! Feel better!

[Ragnhild :)]

Beautiful!

[philip maddever]

fav ....great lighting and autumn colours

[Mannie]

Nice shape, and of course, your lighting and focus are impeccable.

[David Lee]

lovely low light

[Krista Marson]

really beautiful composition.

[Lisa Stein]

Gorgeous light! Love how it lights the edge of the leaf. Feel better soon!

[Nicole]

Wow this is gorgeous! Love how the light makes a light around the leaf! Hope you feel better soon!

[Lyn Berriman]

Fabulous simplicity, and such a glorious colour palette. Hope you start to feel better soon

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Beautiful tones and details. I hope you feel better soon.

[Judith Greenwood]

Beautiful shot - illness sounds horrible!

[Trinda Love]

Hope you feel well. Busy time of year. Despite feeling really sick you posted today anyway, what a trooper

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

Lovely capture and composition. Well spotted.

[Brandon]

The glow of the backlighting is wonderful.

[Rosie Kerr]

Lovely light in this graceful shot. Sorry you are feeling poorly... I hope it improves for you.

[Marg Budd]

Beautiful Lighting and Compostion

[Erika]

Beautiful.

[Janiskay]

Wonderful composition love the lighting! I sure hope you're feeling better by now?

[Margaret Brown]

Lovely lighting and focus

[Linda H.Y. Hegland]

Simple and elegant. Get well soon!

[Jennifer]

Oh, I love the lighting on the lower leaf! Very lovely.

[Irene]

Wonderful lighting on the leaf, very good on black. Hope you feel better soon

[Rosie White-Hlouveraki]

Beautiful tones

[Kathy]

The back lighting makes this photo. Just lovely. Hope you feel better soon.

[Sue Wilde]

Fabulous backlighting here. Feel well soon

[Call me Joe]

Beautiful capture:)

[Richard Sayer]

Simple and elegant - take care of yourself and don't be rushing back to work before you should.

[Kathie]

Great find. Feel better soon.

[Susan C Clow]

Feel better soon and a lovely red leave against golden sky.

[Richard Hickey]

Fantastic picture. Congratulations on making the Trending Page. Well deserved.

[Sue]

Fab shot. Get better quick!

[Pam]

Beautiful light, and tones. The detail is great. I do hope you feel better soon.

[Kass]

Oh no, hope you are feeling better today. It's the worst when you are sick and you know how much work there is to do at the office. Many good vibes being sent your way! Dropping in to say goodbye - uploaded my last image for my project. It's been wonderful following your project and getting to know you, Chantal. You have a wonderful eye in capturing the beauty around you and noticing the little details. I'm still so jealous of your trip to Western Canada - one day I'll get out there and savour the same beauty! :) Wishing you and family a festive holiday season and wonderful year ahead!

[Leon Buijs]

Great light and focus on the leaves

[Stephanie Swift]

Stunning and a fav! Don't go back to work unless you feel up to it, Chantal--take care of yourself.

[bkb in the city]

Great shot

[Jessica]

Wow, you really have a way with lighting!

[Margaret Obey]

Fabulous light in this

[Shepherdman's Wife]

@kass Hi Kass, I hope I've caught you in time. I ended up in hospital on thursday night and am still here. @shepherdman has brought my laptop in so that I won't get so bored. I have double pneumonia and pleurisy. I hadn't felt very well all week the had the high temp on wednesday night followed by the day off work with a lesser temperature. Funnily enough my joint pains that I'd been complaining about have eased up an awful lot so I wonder whether it was all part of the pneumonia. Anyway, the pain in my chest became unbearable on thursday night so called a doctor who sent me to hospital. Apparently I am very poorly and they won't let me go home yet. So have to wait until monday for another assessment and more blood tests etc.
Anyway, thank you for your kind words and for stopping by to say goodbye. I will miss you and your work but I understand why you are going and wish you all the best in your new venture.