a carpet of color

fall colors arrived in earnest today. i have no idea what caused them to hold out until now, but as if synchronized to the same music, the leaves all started to change today. this beautiful collection of twigs all came from the same bush.  i wanted to photograph it with full sun on it so you could really appreciate the intensity of these colors, but alas, by the time i had the composition ready, the sky had clouded over. that’s okay, this softer look is more STILL anyway.

autumn branches from the same barberry bush