Portrait of a Forest

Maple Grove has such a powerfully dense stand of maples that the sound of the roadway and the rest of the world falls away, and the fall color walker is surrounded by quiet and color. The second image here presented itself as an opportunity to take a semi-formal vignetted portrait of the yellow woods. As the vignette wound up in a stylized heart shape, I liked it all the more.
In the first image, a closeup of a leaf surrounded by the color of the maple forest and the spotlight of the late-afternoon sun offered the chance to turn out an image that became a semi-abstract look at the wonderfully-saturated color.
The next post will be the last at Maple Grove.