Red maple

RED MAPLE, PORCUPINE MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS STATE PARK, MICHIGAN, OCTOBER 3, 2012

Pentax K-5
SMC Pentax-DA 18-135 at 18mm
1/2000 sec. f9
ISO 800

All over the Upper Peninsula at this time of year, scarlet slashes of red maple stand out brilliantly against the yellows and dull oranges of other deciduous trees. I caught this one along the Union Bay roadside of M-107 in the Porkies today.