Late to the Party?

— Yesterday I went on a photo walk with a friend of mine. We picked the Mayfield Park and Nature Preserve here in Austin, Texas. We figured if we couldn’t find any macro subjects to photograph, we would still have the peacocks that inhabit that park. Well, we did see several peacocks and also a few flowers that were blooming. There were a couple of daffodils, including some Chinese Sacred Lilies.

One thing we did not expect to find in the park was fall foliage. However, in one section of the trail we took, we came upon a few patches of fall foliage. What made it all more special was the sunlight on those leaves. From the ground up, we had these beautiful bright red and orange leaves illuminated by the Sun above the trees. Since we have only really had one big freeze to date, I guess it is not totally impossible that a few leaves are still hanging on tight before falling to the ground. That was the case for these three, just a little late to the party.