falling leaves

Do you ever stand under a tree in the fall, camera in hand, trying to snap a picture of a falling leaf?  It's crazy-hard.

You might get some pretty awesome bokeh, though.  

But eventually, you get tired of running around chasing leaves, so you wander off and take pics of leaves that are still attached. 

You practice your sunflare/haze skills.

You go back and try the falling leaves again.

Obviously, this isn't going to work.  So you start to get sneaky.

You ignore the neighbors and folks driving by who are giving you funny looks.  You pretend it's perfectly normal behavior to be standing in the front yard, holding up leaves and then dropping them with one hand, while using the other to hold the camera and shoot pics.  And then you do it again, and again, and again. 

Eventually, you start to get the hang of it.

 

And, if you don't tell anyone about how you cheated, they'll think you have mad falling-leaf-capturing skillz. 

Have I mentioned that I love fall?