So I have been doing yard work for the past few weeks in keeping pace with the fall seasonal changes and maintenance of our gardens. I was hitting the leaves hard and organizing the debris from the broadleaf trees and an image popped into my head.

I don’t know how many of you have had the fun moment to watch the movie “UP”. I believe it is a Disney/Pixar animation. The main character is this old guy. In the quest for adventure, he meets up with this dog. Getting the feeling there are similarities to a photographer you might know about. Anyway, this dog gets distracted by squirrels…

Well, while I was doing my best at focusing on my list of chores: bathing the dog, repairing some furniture at our clinic, and leaf raking, I had a “squirrel” moment. Yes, I noticed that the camellia was already passing its prime for blossoms, and they were falling to the ground. Of course this meant a “Brief” pause to take a few pics. Well then, the “squirrel moment”, hit again as I noticed how lovely the texture from the London Plain tree leaves were, as they were stacked and shuffled about. By the time I got some photos, I noticed that my exposures were 6 seconds long. Each was to be compiled into 15-20 frames per photo images. I guess the 6 seconds per images was because the daylight was leaving.

On a more positive note, I am most certain that the leaves I didn’t get to this afternoon will be there in the morning, so I hope you enjoy the images. The camellia petals are very pretty even on the ground at this time of the year. Enjoy.