Blazing Maple Leaf and Fall Beauty in Medford Parking Lots, Set 4 (+5 insets!)

(+5 insets!)

Hello everyone! I hope that this autumn season has been colorful and full of beautiful pictures for you. Last year at this time I was deep inside a hole of gloom, the reaction to a summer RV trip with a series of hellacious problems. Autumn photography was the last thing on my mind…I wouldn't even go on my morning walks up and down the driveway! But this year I'm bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, full of creativity and feeling wonderful! It's been great to experience this beautiful season through my lens again. Although I could ask to go on a fall photo drive, I haven't yet and I don't know if I'll get around to it.

Why ever not??! Well, my experiment of showing the season by photographing fall colors in our city's parking lots has been so successful that one day's photography has yielded dozens of "winner" images to present. The fact is, pictures taken must be viewed, evaluated and processed, and there are only so many hours in one day. I have bloated folders to go through from our incredible and happy 3-month RV trip around Oregon on this Covid summer and it may be a better choice to work on those pictures instead of taking more. That seems wise to me!

Today's Pictures
Here, then, is set #4 of 6, of fall beauty in Medford parking lots! My main picture is a gorgeous burnt-orange maple leaf I found lying on the cement. It has such lovely details that I decided to make it my literal star of the day. Set in a square format, a darkened background with some texture and a vignette heightened the outrageous color of the leaf.

The insets turned out successfully too…the first shows the edge of a curling leaf festooned with a refracted droplet. Unbeknownst to me at the time, I'd captured a detailed little gnat next to a pair of bokeh spotlights, woo hoo! Next is yet another pair of gingko leaves that look like golden ballerinas dancing against the blue sky. After that picture is an image that evokes the feeling of autumn's warmth with a pair of orange maple leaves against a branch and leaves all around. Following that is a refracted droplet on colorful, droplet-covered leaves and plenty of bokeh to enjoy. And finally, I spied this decorous leaf amidst a tree still green and merely considering the implication of fall. I couldn't help taking a picture and hope you love the colors and texture as much as I do! :)

I hope all of you have a warm, dry and comfortable day! Let us all do what we can to dial down the tension of the current wave of covid cases that are sweeping the world right now. Take care of yourselves, please!! And finally, thanks for your visits and comments, favorites and of course, your delightful sense of community. Great photography and info on your pages, people! Keep up the AWESOME!! :)

Explored on 11/12/20; highest placement #3.