Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/11/03

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Red Maple
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2017 18:04:52 -0500
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Thanks, Douglas.? I still have plenty of leaves to mulch. :-(

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 11/3/2017 6:00 PM, Douglas Barry wrote:
> A sumptuous colour, Jim. All red leaves are gone from my garden. for a 
> couple of weeks - at least.
>
> One of my fellow members in my camera club used to collect fallen red 
> leaves, preserve them by rubbing them with baby oil or something 
> similar, and kept them in small individual plastic bags. For certain 
> competitions, he'd take them out of the bags and place them 
> artistically (and out of season) in the foreground of his landscape 
> shots. If it was an outside judge, he'd always win or finish in the 
> top three.
>
> Douglas
>
>
> On 03/11/2017 17:18, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> Most years, this Red Maple is fully turned by October 31, Halloween. 
>> This year, it is about three days late.? But, on this Friday, even 
>> after a rain shower, it is glowing.? Here is a typical branch, shown 
>> against the background of my neighbor's award-winning landscaping.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20171103-PB037210.JPG.html
>>
>> And here is how my yard now appears.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20171103-PB037214.JPG.html
>>
>> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
>>
>
>
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