I have some trees around me that yearly produce beautiful leaves. Last year, I picked them up as I found them in my yard, and then I wanted to photograph them. I was frustrated because the leaves did not maintain their shape over time; they curled as they dried out even more. The richness of the colors faded too. There's got to be a way to spray them with something to preserve the shape and color that drew my eye to choose them, and then I can go back and arrange and rearrange and shoot them to my heart's content.

Any ideas? My belief has always been that if I can think it, it can be done.

LJP