Layers of Leaves

Captured this afternoon on campus on my walk home from work.

Thank you for the well wishes re the tornado that came through Illinois. The Chicago immediate area was so fortunate, though others in its path were not. Today was as calm as could be with bright blue skies.

Alternate shot of a dignified but aging flower: http://365project.org/taffy/the-also-ran-ph/2013-11-18

[Kerri]

Beautiful

[colie (Nichole Stewart)]

beautiful dof, composition,colors and detail! Great autumn feel

[Caz]

Beautiful, love the dof and composition

[Kareen King]

So lovely!

[Elyse Klemchuk]

This is beautiful and perfect for fall!

[Hope D Jennings]

So pretty.love the light

[Maggiemae]

So many different shades even in the same leaf! Really beautiful photo!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Very pretty!

[Katie]

Like the layers to this photo of all the other leaves in the background too.

[Pam Knowler]

Wonderful shot with gorgeous colours! Great dof giving a lovely background!

[Junan Heath]

Lovely colors and dof! Beautiful capture!

[Lisa Poland]

Lovely colors. Ours are all gone up here in New England. I miss the colors!

[Joy's Focus]

Very pretty and great bokeh!

[Kim]

Lovely. Pretty colors, nice repeating pattern. Unimaginable images on the news - hard to believe the destruction.

[Jane Pittenger]

Wonderful colors, dof, diagonal lines

[bkb in the city]

It was horrible what happened. Nice shot with some very nice colours

[Jan K]

What a lovely capture - the light, layers and bokeh all superb.

Glad you are OK - such terrible weather in so many places. Unimaginable devastation!

[Vicki Dixon]

love how they are all in unison! great shot with your DOF just right

[Nancy]

Beautiful focus and colors...they are very hard to resist...fab capture!

[Kim]

Lovely line of leaves! Glad your area was spared.

[Timothy]

very beautiful

[Gena Pegg]

Truly beautiful....wonderful light and colors. Love the composition too. And so happy you are safe from the Tornado!!!

[Raye]

Gorgeous DOF, cool composition, beautiful colors, and lovely bokeh. Good to hear that you were safe and sound!

[Graham Thresher]

Really fantastic. Fav

[Tremerryn]

Relieved all is safe and all's well. This is such a lovely, tranquil shot with perfect layers.

[Mariya]

it looks almost like someone hang those leaves there on purpose =) and love the yellow light in the background =)

[Dione Giorgio]

Great focus and dof, Taffy. We saw the havoc caused by the tornado on tv. Glad for you and sorry for those who were caught in it.

[Kazzy]

Lovely colours and sparkling dof :)

[Suse♡]

Beautiful autumly feel, it´s interesting how they are in a line like that

[MaryBeth Dailey]

Glad you were not affected! These leaves are gorgeous and the limbs are so interesting.... Short but thick... Almost makes the tree look artificial. Pretty cool

[Paul "Snapchap" Everest]

Blissful pastel shades of Autumn.

[Peter Dulis]

Love it ...

[Nicole]

beautiful!!

[Penny Price]

Love the colours.

[Andrew S]

Beautiful colors and dreamy background!

[Arefin]

so beautiful! love the pastel colors and amazing bokeh!

[virtualbrownie]

Beautiful layering

[Quentin]

It's rich in colors, red, green and orange

[Angie]

Lovely shot. Love the tones and gorgeous bokeh

[Lisa]

Lovely layers of autumn colour and bokeh - great shot! : )

[Joe]

Oh I see what you did, interesting! I really enjoy the repeating patterns fading to background. Not to mention the colors...

[Jo]

Such pretty colours, lovely shot.

[Rachel Withey]

Love this. Great DOF and beautiful colours

[Marloes]

Great pov and dof! Lovely fall pic!

[Dawn Moder]

Beautiful colors1

[Lisa]

love the dof and colors!

[Lisa Stein]

Very pretty colors and forms!

[Amrita]

Just beautiful...

[Taffy]

@thresheg Thanks so much for the fav!

[Jan Hall]

Gorgeous tones and I love the dof

[Taffy]

@jantan Thanks so much Jan! The leaves were really so pretty in the light that I was glad to capture the shot.

[Gail]

Gorgeous shot.

[Darlene]

Beautiful shot, Taffy. Love the Fall colors.