Leaf jumpin'.

Much to Lauren's delight, our oak trees have finally begun to get serious about shedding their leaves.



Much to my dismay, I had my camera settings all wrong when I was taking these pictures. The white balance was set to sunny instead of cloudy, and the ISO was at 800. I had to Photoshop the heck out of them to get a reasonable result. Sometimes I think that instead of getting better with practice, my photography skills are actually getting worse.

For example, I was browsing some other folk's fall leaves photos, and I thought to myself, "Why don't my leaves have such bright vibrant colors?" I was about to develop some serious leaf envy, when I remembered that fallen oak leaves are naturally grayish brown, which is no fault of mine.



Now this kid's big brown eyes - that is my fault.