Fallen Leaves Wood Print

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On a visit to my mother's house in Salem, Oregon I found this thick blanket of rain soaked leaves in her back yard. It's a simple composition, but the sheer number of leaves, and their varied colors, can keep your eye occupied indefinitely. A recent rain has intensified the colors, making them appear to shine like gold. The tree trunk and green hedge provide context and a sense of balance to the frame.

I made this image in November 2006.

Photo Copyright James B. Toy.

In the fall of 1959, Mr. Toy entered this world at a place called Carmel on California's Monterey Peninsula. Nine years later his family pulled up stakes for the rain-soaked city of Salem, Oregon where he never quite fit in. When he was 12, he and his mother viewed an exhibit of photographs by a Salem newspaper photographer, which inspired him to take his first photography class. During his teenage years he gradually developed his eye for composition and his skills with light and exposure. Though he did not pursue photography as a career, he has continued to document his observations of the world on small frames of film. In 1984, Mr. Toy and his wife Heidi returned to the Monterey Peninsula where his heart belonged. In 1997, on a bit of...