In the fall, leaves move in bunches.
On the tree, they reach to the sky in broad swaths of color: golden yellow, rusty red, soft gray-green.
Then they fall. They’re not so pretty then. They become a chore: Rake ’em, bag ’em and lug ’em away. Please.
Staff photographer Evans Caglage took another view of fall leaves. He used a macro lens to do studies of leaves in a darkened studio. Using a small flashlight, he illuminated the leaves over a long exposure, a technique called “light painting.”
He found grace in the gentle curls of a pecan leaf, the blushing surface of a Chinese pistache, the broad fan of a ginkgo.
Yard work? Not hardly.
Scroll through the photo essay to see all of Caglage's images.
-- Cathy Barber