we logged almost twenty miles of trail walking last weekend in northern minnesota.  and i picked up and carried home only one leaf: this one that looks as if it is about to burst into flame. or as if it has already burned, and the embers are still smoldering. I photographed this on white paper set on the bumper of my car. so there is no special lighting or photshopping creating that spine of fire.

autumn leaf

superior national forest, gunflint trail, minnesota