20 October 2007 Manitowoc

Here in Alaska, fall reds are deep garnet and limited -- carpets of dogwood, high bush cranberry in the understory, a few small maple trees trying to survive way beyond their comfort zone. These are all beautiful and appreciated below and among the dominate gold of the birch and cottonwood.

But a trip to a small city in Wisconsin in October is a reminder that fall colors elsewhere include vibrant reds and oranges. The maple trees lining the streets of Manitowoc were in various stages of autumn. Some were still green; others a gradation from green to yellow to orange. It was the maples in full fall regalia that stopped me in my tracks and found me pointing my camera lense up into their branches. Again and again and again. Thus another difficult week to choose just one photo.