There are several Canadian species of Sumac, such as the smooth sumac in western Canada, the fragrant sumac in the prairies through to Ontario and the shining sumac in southern Ontario. All put on a grand show in autumn of brilliant hues of orange and yellow that become deep red.
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Muwahahahaaa...so we meet again, Marcel ;-) Glad to see I'm one of your 6s. This is a very nice shot, sharp and lots of contrast between the backlit leaves and those in the foreground. Good lighting and colours all throughout. Only problem is, there really isn't a dominant element to act as a focal point and that's where this image falls a little flat. Some commenters compare the leaves to soldiers, and that's both good and bad: they're all uniform, so to speak, and all are doing their best to look exactly like the other.
So what you need is a renegade element to break this perfect symmetry and cohesion and just wreak a little havoc here. maybe one leaf that's way more in the foreground, or one broken off a little or drooping. Something to break up that nice pattern, just enough.
Fun shadows and lighting. Kind of want to crop it tighter for more detail on fewer leaves, and get a bit more room on top so it's a more vertical composition. Or crop off about the top half. I dunno'; something about the composition just isn't working for me.
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