Japanese Maple Spring
Japanese Maple Spring #1

This may look like fall foliage but I assure you we are still in spring here. Our back yard contains a beautiful Japanese Maple who’s leaves are in the process of turning from a soft green to a bright red.

Japanese Maple Spring #2
Japanese Maple Spring #2

I made these photos late yesterday afternoon while the sunlight was soft and just above the horizon.

10 Comments

  1. I like the springtime shots of the beautiful maple leaves. They certainly do look like autumn shots.
    Nice arrangement in the frame for an appealing composition in both. The selective focus in the second works out very well.

    • Don, the wonderful evening light deserves most of the credit, I simply pressed the shutter release button. The leaves in the top photo are backlit and I didn’t realize the total effectiveness of it until I downloaded the image — surprise! For the second photo I was in the tree branches shooting at 200mm to achieve a compression effect, moving all those background leaves seemingly closer. I was happy, 10 minutes and two shots I liked.

  2. I really love those Japanese Maple trees. There’s one on my way to work, just outside of the entrance/exit to the development. It’s always so attractive, no matter what time of the year. These shots, certainly convey that beauty.

    • Paul, thanks. I believe there’s a bit of extra color in our Japanese Maple this year. I wonder if it has anything to do with the wet cold winter?

  3. Stunning in their brilliance!

  4. they really look like autumn leaves, interesting
    beautiful shots

    • yz, thanks. I knew when I made the photos I’d need to post disclaimers they were not fall but spring leaves. :-)

  5. The climate in your place seems to be really favorable with those
    maple leaves already that colorful! Here the have a size of maximum 1″
    and the color is a really dull, dark brownish red. But there’s hope :)

    • Markus, This has been one of the better springs I can remember for our Japanese Maple tree…large leaves and bright color. Perhaps it was the wet and cold winter or the sudden warm spring?