Here in the Northern Hemisphere it is Autumn, with deciduous trees and shrubs sporting many colours as they drop their leaves, and in the Southern regions, spring brings fresh new growth. So for this week's challenge I have chosen "Leaves of course you could also interpret that as "departs"....






















The fine print:

The Challenge will run until midnight next Monday, 20/10/2014, whichever time zone you are in.


Every week, a new theme is picked and judged by the winner of the previous week.

Rules
1. Post ONE photo (max 1024x1024).
2. The photo must portray an interpretation of the theme.
3. Post your single picture in this thread and explain what motivated you to take the picture and/or how you feel it represents the weekly theme (especially if it's not obvious).
4. The challenge is interactive. Any response is welcome.
5. The judge will pick the WINNERS and choose one of them to be the judge for the next week.
6. This challenge runs for 7 days plus an additional day for the judge to choose the winners.
7. Any Pentax (or Samsung DSLR) camera can be used.
8. Pictures can be from any time frame, not just within the week of the current theme.
9. In case the winner of a challenge is unable to become the judge for the next challenge, they will PM the #2 winner for that person to be the judge.



Read more at: https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/129-weekly-photo-challenges/275060-weekly...#ixzz3GJEGmP2z

[wtlwdwgn]

[SpecialK]

From first day out with the Sigma 30, at f1.7.

[rbefly]

Here's my 'Leaves' entry, looking south down the street, the leaves seemed to be stacked or sorted by color. Taken today, 10-15.
K10D, FA 100mm f/3.5@ f/7.1, 1/125s, ISO 100.
Ron

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[scomatic]

Here's my entry for this theme. Taken with 50mm Pentax-M SMC at F2.0, ISO 100 and 1/1250 ss, and importantly this is manual focus.

[lukulele]

From a set last fall hiking in a local state park.

[Sudhakar]

I am next... by $udhakar, on Flickr

[geomez]

Thank you Stephen for this challenge. I love taking pictures of leaves! None of my friends and family seem to appreciate it. They think I'm crazy. FYI, you left out the challenge details that hosts give in your original post.

[StephenHampshire]

Cheers Geomez, a great picture, I have added the rules to the original post. Sorry for the error!

[tessfully]

So hard to choose as I love to shoot leaves. But this one because it is very recent.

[atupdate]

Tim

[charliezap]

Stephen picked a great challenge for the week especially when Mother Nature is showing her vibrant colors in the Boston area at this time of year. This shot is right outside my front door.----charliezap

[i83N]

here you go

[GibbyTheMole]

Camera: Pentax K-x
Lens: Promaster 3.5 / 100mm macro lens

what motivated you to take the picture: Walking through the park, the water droplets on the leaf caught my eye.
how you feel it represents the weekly theme: it's a leaf.

[robiles]

Took an old helios 44 lens out for a shoot recently, and this was my best shot, obviusly(the rest are really average). The weeds are falling under their own weight, at the end of their life cycle, ofering the viewer a spectacle of colours and contrast.