On a freezing day in October we all went for a play in Hillsborough Park in Sheffield, the weather was perfect for a good stomp through the leaves and once the wee man had chosen a few good leaves to march about with we took the chance to get a few Autumnal pictures.

 The Sony A77 proved itself again and we even managed to get a half decent video of him walking about in the leaves. I've invested in a new lens excitingly; the Tamron 17-50 f2.8 which is turning out to be brilliant, and here it is on Amazon...
http://www.amazon.com/Tamron-17-50mm-Vibration-Compensation-Digital/dp/B002LVUIXA
It's sharp right from the get-go and the 17mm wide end is more than enough for a good landscape when it's called for, I find 50mm isn't quite enough length at times but the quality more than makes up for it.

 I was keen to capture the colours of Autumn in the leaves and the dry weather helped a great deal.  Wet or mouldy leaves would have been a bit sad looking and a lot less fun for him.  We could have put him in brighter colours to contrast against the leaves; and next time, or if I shoot this with other children then that would be a proper consideration.

 On the whole, I'm really happy with these.  He was beginning to get a little tired (might be better to do this on the way to the swings next time!) and didn't want to walk about very much but he pulled out some lovely smiles for us.