Japanese Maples are in full glory right now

新宿御苑 -- Canon EF70-200mm F4L IS USM

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Large View On Black

Maple Cake with Maple Syrup Frosting

Light, Maple, Red color, what a perfect subject to shoot.

typical fall foliage around south eastern Ontario...our Canadian maple leaf.

Beautiful red tones of fresh foliage, seen this afternoon in Bergen.

Japanese Maple

Spring foliage.

Acer platanoides. Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC, USA.

Fittleworth Common, West Sussex

Here is Houfuku-j

Sugarbush Maple Syrup Festival

Maple syrup shots == gross

Maple likes to look for frogs and minnows.

Wonderful bottle of 1920 vintage Madeira and fresh hot maple syrup off of the evaporator = amazing flavor combination!!

at tofukuji-temple.

I spent this mornig exploring in southwestern Vermont, but some of the best color of the day turned out to be right next door on my neighbor's property. Spofford, New Hampshire

Japanese Maple

Acer opalus subsp. obtusatum

Italian maple

Acer opalus

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Acer opalus (Italian Maple) is a species of maple native to the hills and mountains of southern and western Europe, from Italy to Spain and north to southern Germany, and also in northwest Africa in Morocco and Algeria.[1][2]

It is a medium-sized deciduous tree growing to 20 m tall, with a trunk up to 1 m diameter. The leaves are glossy green, 7-13 cm long and 5-16 cm across, palmately lobed with blunt teeth. They turn yellow in autumn. The bark is grey and pink. It peels in square plates. It has small yellow flowers that open before the leaves appear. The fruit is a pair of winged samaras, each seed 1 cm diameter with a 1.5-2.5 cm wing.[2]

Trees with shallowly lobed leaves are sometimes separated as a distinct subspecies Acer opalus subsp. obtusatum, but the characters are not constant and the species is treated as monotypic by the Flora Europaea.[1][2]

along the trail. yes, a decorative non-native species, but still quite pretty.

In October, Asian maples turn bright red along the route to Sejon Peak in Seoraksan National Park, Gangwon Province, South Korea.

Autumn colors a maple tree at the levee in Red Wing, Minnesota

Lost Maples State Natural Area - Bandera County, TX

November 25, 2012

©Dale Haussner

The last green leaves of the season

Overcast Novemeber Light

Closeup, blurry because the wind is mean.

It took a lot of the leaves off, too, so I couldn't get more pictures. Bah.

The leaves are going fast, a strong wind blowing today, and the knowledge that they won't be here long draws my camera to them, as if to stop time--well, that's what photography is all about, after all.

Maples are turning red. I went out to see beautiful colorings in the leaves this morning.

Japanese maple