Fall Colour Begins

We're actually past what is usually the peak of fall colour, and fall is looking very confused.  A few trees are showing the expected colour, but very few to my mind; many trees are still green.  Today I rode down to the harbour and only counted four trees that were both colourful enough and close enough for me to get good pictures.  But it has started, so I'll have more pictures over the next few posts. 

This was the first of the two big trees out back to turn colourful, but it stood alone for some time.

The other big maple of the two of them has finally begun turning red now.

And then there's a patch of yellow leaves at the base of the first of the pair.

Around a few blocks there's this big maple which I look for every year, looking beautiful as usual.

And then there's a Norway Maple across the street, with its more yellow leaves.

And around by the hospital there's another Norway Maple that I watch for every year.  It's close enough that I can get a few good shots of leaves - that will be the next post.

You may notice that the colour looks a little distorted in some of the photos above, particularly the 3rd, 5th and 6th photos.  The simple program I use for editing (usually just cropping) has been enhanced, so I tried 'colour saturation', but as you can see, you have to be very careful with this.  The mental rule I use for doing this is to try and capture the photos as I saw things outdoors, but by the time I got the leaves right, the sky was off.  You'll just have to be patient with me while I learn this!