The popular fire road that rises above Sorensen’s Resort in Hope Valley has both aspens and ground hugging broad leaf maples. This maple leaf is mid way through its transformation from dark green to brilliant yellow.
(Click through the photograph for 700px of leaf detail)
Previous posts from this trip:
- Post Trip Report: Hope Valley Fall Colors 2012-Oct-05
- Aspen, Granite, Contrast
- Wall of Aspens, Pine Tree, Aspen on Rock
- Tree Skeletons, Partly Cloudy Skies
- Self-Critique: Tree-Sprouting Boulder, River
- Aspen Trunk, Tree Eyes, B&W
EXIF data: Nikon D7000, center weighted metering mode, 55mm, ISO 100, 1/25 sec, f/4.5
Broad Leaf Maples, Color Change. Sorensen’s Resort, California. October 05, 2012. © Copyright Steven Tze – all rights reserved.
Steven Tze Photography 
Stunning simplicity!
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Thanks James. I working through my head the composition possibility if I had only moved the leaf on the ground in the same alignment as the top pair. Hmm.
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