That tree

Lens ID	LUMIX G VARIO 14-42mm F3.5-5.6
F Number	5.6
Focal Length	34.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 68.0 mm)
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ISO	200
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Flash	Off, Did not fire

That tree

F Number	5.6
Focal Length	14.0 mm
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ISO	200
Exposure Compensation	0
Flash	Off, Did not fire

That tree

Lens ID	LUMIX G VARIO 14-42mm F3.5-5.6
F Number	5.6
Focal Length	14.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 28.0 mm)
Exposure Time	1/250
Exposure Program	Manual
ISO	200
Advanced Scene Mode	Off
Exposure Compensation	0
Flash	Off, Did not fire

That tree

Lens ID	LUMIX G VARIO 14-42mm F3.5-5.6
F Number	5.6
Focal Length	42.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 84.0 mm)
Exposure Time	1/250
Exposure Program	Manual
ISO	200
Advanced Scene Mode	Off
Exposure Compensation	0
Flash	Off, Did not fire

That tree

The maple tree at the corner of State and Swan is always a marvel.  Here's a long view looking down Swan.  Taken 25 October.

Lens ID	LUMIX G VARIO 14-42mm F3.5-5.6
F Number	5.6
Focal Length	42.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 84.0 mm)
Exposure Time	1/250
Exposure Program	Manual
ISO	200
Advanced Scene Mode	Off
Exposure Compensation	0
Flash	Off, Did not fire

Vale

The yellow leaves on the young maple tree spoke to me.  What will this look like in 20 years, when that tree is fully grown?

Officially called the Old County Plot, many victims of the 1918 influenza epidemic are buried here.  On the other side of the fence is St John's cemetery.

F Number	5.6
Focal Length	42.0 mm
Exposure Time	1/250
Exposure Program	Manual
ISO	200
Exposure Compensation	0
Flash	Off, Did not fire

Late afternoon in Vale

I decided to take a walk through Vale and the late afternoon sun really brought out the colour here on the north side of the valley.  Yes, it's brown, but what a brown!

Lens ID	LUMIX G VARIO 14-45mm F3.5-5.6
F Number	5.5
Focal Length	14.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 28.0 mm)
Exposure Time	1/320
Exposure Program	Manual
ISO	200
Advanced Scene Mode	Off
Exposure Compensation	0
Flash	Off, Did not fire

Swan and State

I love this tree.  Every year it puts on a show.  Some years it's blaze orange, some years it's poor Macbeth's incarnadine.  I hear that line every time I see these two trees together.  One is always in colour before the rest.

The photo isn't my best; I was walking the dogs and they don't like to stand still.  In fact, they don't like to stand at all - pulling their leashes violin-string tight is more their style!  But I liked the framing of the trees between the telephone poles.

F Number	5.6
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Exposure Time	1/160
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Flash	Off, Did not fire

Swan & State

This tree catches my eye every year.  I always tell myself that one year I'm going to do a photo a day and then time lapse the lot into a short video, but I never commit to it.  It's not the same every year, either.  This year it has green and red together; more typically it turns red, yellow and brown.

F Number	8.0
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Advanced Scene Mode	Off
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Flash	Off, Did not fire

Changes

The leaves are changing along with the season.  Just a little bit north of here the leaves are past their peak colour, but down in the valley there is still a lot of green.

Lens ID	LUMIX G VARIO 14-45mm F3.5-5.6
F Number	7.1
Focal Length	31.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 62.0 mm)
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ISO	160
Advanced Scene Mode	Off
Exposure Compensation	0
Flash	Off, Did not fire

Local colour

We had a very dry summer up here in the Northeast.  I wasn't sure how that would alter the way the trees change colour.  If anything, it seems to have delayed the change a bit - many trees are still very green.  The trees on either side of this path are both maples, and only a few yards apart.  The one on the left is mostly yellow while the one on the right is almost entirely green except for those few red ones.  The yellow tree is what I usually see.  It's always interesting to see how the trees and animals adapt to the different seasons.

F Number	5.6
Lens ID	LUMIX G VARIO 14-45mm F3.5-5.6
Focal Length	36.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 72.0 mm)
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Flash	Off, Did not fire

Leaves

Last week, the little guy decided to walk home from the Green Market.  It's a pretty easy stroll from downtown to our house although State Street hill provides a bit of an obstacle.  He decided to avoid State Street and instead, 'take the shortcut' through Vale.  It definitely took us longer to walk through Vale than it would if we'd gone up State Street, but the walk was so much nicer.  The trees are odd this year; some are past their peak colour and some still completely green.  This image of a lone maple leaf among the oak leaves caught my eye.

F Number	5.6
Lens ID	LUMIX G VARIO 14-45mm F3.5-5.6
Focal Length	45.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 90.0 mm)
Exposure Time	1/100
Exposure Program	Program AE
ISO	400
Exposure Compensation	0
Flash	Off, Did not fire

Colour

This tree always winterises like this.  The colour comes in waves, from the top down.  First red, then orange, and then is sheds all the leaves, ready for winter.  It takes a bit more than a week, so catching it at the right moment isn't as easy as it might seem..

F Number	7.1
Lens ID	LUMIX G VARIO 14-45mm F3.5-5.6
Focal Length	45.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 90.0 mm)
Exposure Time	1/320
Exposure Program	Program AE
ISO	400
Exposure Compensation	0
Flash	Off, Did not fire

Late afternoon sun

The late afternoon sun slips through the trees to illuminate this maple near the pool in Central Park.

Autumn chairs

Enjoying an autumn day out in the air. These sorts of warm, sunny days are ever more precious with the turning of the leaves.

Autumn colour

We've had several frosty nights and the trees are showing their colours now. This maple tree is in a neighbour's yard - it's amazing how different it can look depending on the way the sun hits it.