Photographing fallen leaves

Technique
 

Basically all you have to do is find some Autumn leaves, arrange them if you wish then photograph them. Try and get a mix of varieties if you can and if you can wait until the next morning to photograph them, they'll be covered in droplets of morning dew or if you wait until the temperature drops a little more they'll have a dusting of frost, giving you the chance to shoot some abstract Autumnal shots.

Go to the park
Don't have any trees at home? Well you can collect some fallen leaves from the park or venture out early and do your photography there. Look out for scenes where fallen leaves have created interesting patterns without you having to move them or where they’re decorating a particular picturesque scene just like Tom’s image.

 
Get in close

You can position yourself a little further off the ground and photograph the whole pile of leaves but by getting in close to one or two of them, playing with several compositions you can end up with some surprisingly interesting shots. Try just focusing on the tip or stalk of one leaf or focus on the centre of one so blur creeps in at the edges.