Autumn colours

I really love walking around on a sunny Fall day (or a day with some sunny periods and lots of grey or black clouds) and taking pictures. I am getting to know my Nikon D80 little by little, and I enjoyed using it to capture these October colours.

Here is one of my favourite of this year's autumn photos, mostly because of the strong dark trunk and my favourite approach - backlighting. I had several walks in the neighbourhood in October, and every time, I am most seduced by the colours and the light when the sun is behind the subject.

This huge yellow tree is also backlit, but the effect is different because of the small size of the leaves - I was captivated by its lacy effect. I am not sure what these trees are, but when you have a whole street of them, the tunnel effect created is amazing. I was trying to capture that by shooting from the middle of the sidewalk, which goes back into the photo, leading your eyes to the next tree. Another visually attractive aspect of these particular trees is the extra growth they get on the trunks, which shows up here as a golden fuzz on the tree bole. And again, the darkness of the trunk and branches provides a strong contrast to the yellow-gold aura of the rest of the tree.