What color is left?

[Steve Foss]

The maples mostly have gone to ground up here in canoe country. They peaked a week or more ago. But the birch, quaking aspen and bigtooth aspen are peaking right now, and the gold of that genus mixed with the deep green of conifers reminds a person of the Rocky mountains.

The first image shows some of the last red maple color

And the aspen, birch and evergreens behind a well-known log building near Shagawa Lake

A Shag panorama

[floating minnow]

Really nice Steve.The composition in the first one is right on.

[buzzsaw]

The green OOF pine in the first one is distracting to my eye, but the last one is sweet and the comp on that one is perfect.

[WCS]

All nice shots. My favorite is the second one. That old log building makes for a great rustic scene.

[Dbl]

I like two and three myself. Really nice, you know you just can't beat fall for photographic subjects. I shot a couple of soccer games last night and even the backgrounds with the fall colors made those shots stand out.

[Swimmer]

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The green OOF pine in the first one is distracting to my eye, but the last one is sweet and the comp on that one is perfect.

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With my amature eye. I love the clarity of image and the general bokah, but the tree bark on the right and the pine green is a little distracting to my eye. Given that I "obviously" know what I am talking about...I can see the composition of the two structures (leaf bunches). The whole composition leaves me challenged (no pun intended).

[Steve Foss]

The first image was meant to be challenging. In the thick woods, you don't get an uninterrupted view very often, and I was intrigued by the way the maple leaves play peek-a-boo within the balsam branches and tree trunks. I knew it was not an image that would please everyone, but it is a reality shot.

Our birch/aspen color peaked last weekend and is well past prime by now, with the windy weather we've had.

[jonny_redhorse]

every now and then, we have to "please ourselves"........not the "other" guy.........all nice images Steve...you very seldom have bad ones.........if at all........jonny

[Redstormy]

Wow Steve these are awesome, makes me homesick.