More Fall Foliage

I love playing with extension tubes and macro, especially with the lighting and shapes and colors this time of year. Here are a couple shots that I just can't escape from. I'm drawn to the blue skies contrasted with the freshly-turning leaves on the Japanese maple tree in our front yard. It's almost like a grand finale at a Fourth-of-July fireworks show -- nature's way of exploding one last mega salvo before the grey duldrums of the pre-winter rains. That's life here in the Pacific Northwest, anyway...