Maple Leaf Photograph

In Autumn
by Winifred C. Marshall

They're coming down in showers,
The leaves all gold and red;
They're covering the little flowers,
And tucking them in bed
They've spread a fairy carpet
All up and down the street;
And when we skip along to school,
they rustle 'neath our feet



Source of Poem:  http://www.teachingfirst.net/Poems/Autumn.html#summersend

Floating Leaf, Fine Art Photograph

Leaves are floating

Leaves are floating
softly down;
Some are red and
some are brown.
The wind goes "swish"
through the air;
When you look back,
there are no leaves there.



Source of Poem:  http://www.teachingfirst.net/Poems/Autumn.html#summersend

The Last Green Leaf, Fine Art Photograph

THE LAST LEAF
by Harry Behn

A few leaves stay for a while on the trees
After their color begins to turn,
And no other leaves seem as gold as these
Not even the ones our bonfires burn
With golden flames in piles on the ground.
A few leaves stay so long that I found
The one last leaf on a tree in the snow,
And when a galloping wind came round
The edge of our house and started to blow
Snow dust to sparkles floating free.
When the wind ran away, almost with me,
And sunshine settled quiet and cold.
There, like a bird, still on the tree
Was that lonesome leaf, no longer gold
But curly and brown and dry and old.


Source of Poem:  http://www.teachingfirst.net/Poems/Autumn.html#summersend

Falling Leaf, Fine Art Photograph

Falling Leaves

Little leaves fall softly down
Red and yellow, orange and brown
Whirling, twirling round and round
Falling softly to the ground

Little leaves fall softly down
To make a carpet on the ground.
Then, swish, the wind comes whistling by
And sends them dancing to the sky.


Source of Poem:  http://www.teachingfirst.net/Poems/Autumn.html#summersend

Fall, Fine Art Photograph

FALL
by Aileen Fisher

The last of October
We lock the garden gate.
"The flowers alive all withered
That used to stand straight.
The last of October
We put the swings away
And the porch looks deserted
Where we like to play.
The last of October
The birds have all flown,
The screens are in the attic,
The sand pile's all gone;
Everything is put away
Before it starts to snow---
I wonder if the ladybugs
Have any place to go.

Source of Poem:  http://www.teachingfirst.net/Poems/Autumn.html#summersend

Autumn Woods, Fine Art Photograph

AUTUMN WOODS
by James S. Tippett

I like the woods
In autumn
When dry leaves hide the ground,
When the trees are bare
And the wind sweeps by
With a lonesome rushing sound.
I can rustle the leaves
In autumn
And I can make a bed
In the thick dry leaves
That have fallen
From the bare trees
Overhead.


Source of Poem:  http://www.teachingfirst.net/Poems/Autumn.html#summersend

A Leaf, Fine Art Photograph

A LEAF
by Aileen Fisher

If I were a leaf
(but I wouldn't be)
I'd have to be tied
to a tree, tree, tree.
I couldn't walk off
(or skip or run)
and my nose would get burned
by the sun, sun, sun.
In summer I'd roast,
(in winter I'd freeze)
and all through October
I'd sneeze, sneeze, sneeze.

Source of Poem:  http://www.teachingfirst.net/Poems/Autumn.html#summersend

Summer's End, Fine Art Photograph

Summer's End
By Judith Viorst

One by one the petals drop
There's nothing that can make them stop.
You cannot beg a rose to stay.
Why does it have to be that way?

The butterflies I used to chase
Have gone off to some other place.
I don't know where. I only know
I wish they didn't have to go.

And all the shiny afternoons
So full of birds and big balloons
And ice cream melting in the sun Are done.
I do not want them done


Source of Poem:  http://www.teachingfirst.net/Poems/Autumn.html#summersend

Fall Leaves Photograph

I love fall.  This time of year reminds me of lots of fun things:  the promise of change, high school football, pumpkins, Halloween, hayrides, and most importantly,  changing leaves. 

I believe that fall foliage is God’s way of showing us how rich and vibrant nature can me.  When green leaves are transformed to bright yellow, red, and orange.

This year, I hand-picked a lot of leaves and rocks and brought them into my studio and laid them out on a surface by a window and photographed them in as many different ways I could think of.  This series of photos are the ones I liked best.

The source of the poems I used for each photo is:  http://www.teachingfirst.net/Poems/Autumn.html#summersend

Aloof, Black and White FIne Art Abstract Photogrph

“Aloof” is part of an abstract photos series called Dreamscapes. “Aloof” brings to mind a quality of standing apart or gaining distance. Enlarging the view on this photograph will bring out the detail of the leaves.

“Aloof” was photographed using a Canon camera and a lensbaby lens—a selective focus lens. This photograph was taken in a gardenin Douglasville, Georgia.

If you're interested in purchasing a print, a 6 x9 print is available for $16.95 on etsy.

The Morning Stretch, Original Fine Art Black and White Photograph

“The Morning Stretch” is part of an abstract photos series called Dreamscapes. The plant in the center seems to reach up towards the morning sun for a good stretch.

“The Morning Stretch” was photographed using a Canon 30D camera and a lensbaby lens—a selective focus lens. The photograph was edited in photoshop to remove dirt from the leaves and converted to black and white. This photograph was taken in a garden in Douglasville, Georgia.

If you're interested in purchasing a print of this photograph, a 6 x 9 print is available for $16.95