The autumn colors are sparse here in the bay area. Only the rare maple or oak puts on a show of its warmer pigments, and often for just a few days before it realizes that it is in sunny California, and quickly blushes yellowish-brown in embarrassment at its own fortune. When I was out in DC, I brought back the leaves from a few gorgeous maples, and shot them against a black background, much like the maple leaf I had shot over a year ago.
The full album is here, but below are some of my favorites from the shoot.
Cartenoids aplenty:
Some veins are better at supplying the chlorophyll nutrients than others:
Freckles:
Beautiful lobes:
A guest photo by Jessa of a Ginkgo:
Such distinct ridges:
One of the few clean yellow-brown leaves:
Sometimes, green is nice too:
Like the gnarls of an old tree:
Cartenoids and xanthopylls and anthocyanins are pretty awesome.