There are still a few traces of fall colors around Kyoto, one of the nicest in the little common garden area of my condo building. One of its trees is just at its peak color now, turning a vivid rich red when hit by direct sunlight, or, as happens every evening, by direct incandescent floodlights.
It's nothing special 10 minutes after sunset....
... but hours later, it's positively glowing....
None of these pictures really do it justice. Just like the other foliage backlit by floodlights photos I posted earlier in the season, the intense light causes detail and color to be lost. For example, there was no hint of yellow in the leaves that appear in the first photo, but since the leaves at the end were closer to the light, their red got “blown out.” (See Why Does “Brightness” Wash Colors to White?)
Love that first one!
Realy like that first photo., simple but it says much