Missing Leaf

Rating: 10/10 (19 November 2006)

At the end of the movie, when Father Dyer is about to walk off, we see him standing still in contemplation. In the original version, a leaf can be seen falling in the background. In the extended version, the leaf is missing.
I only noticed this because I was comparing this scene frame by frame. If the extended release is a transfer from another master, could that leaf in the original have been drawn in? It's blurry, but it seems to intentionally move at an angle across the rear of his head in the same direction that he is staring. There are other leaves falling in the background, and this leaf is not at all prominent in a casual viewing.
With the exception of the aspect ratio, everything about these few frames appear identical, with the exception of the "leaf." If this was an intentional insertion, I wonder if other elements had been placed in the original version.