I was going to pass on this challenge but after a week of rain I woke up to find my maple tree in full colors with no clouds in sight. I increased saturation. Slight descrease in brightness. Camera set to vivid colors. No cropping to keep the slight vignetting caused by the 24-120 lens. This is about as good as it gets in my corner of the world.
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Sometimes simplicity wins over a "WOW" factor. Although I find this a bit too light(fill light?) I think it has great color and focus, and a true portrait of somebodys corner of the world. well done. 8