Peak Color
by Nick Boren
Title
Peak Color
Artist
Nick Boren
Medium
Photograph - Photograph - Digital
Description
The maple leaf color in Western Oregon is at it's peak right now. :-)
Description information from, Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Acer rubrum (Red Maple, also known as Swamp, Water or Soft Maple), is one of the most common and widespread deciduous trees of eastern North America. The U.S. Forest service recognizes it as the most common variety of tree in America.[3] The red maple ranges from the Lake of the Woods on the border between Ontario and Minnesota, east to Newfoundland, south to near Miami, Florida, and southwest to east Texas. Many of its features, especially its leaves, are quite variable in form. At maturity it often attains a height of around 15 m (49 ft). It is aptly named as its flowers, petioles, twigs and seeds are all red to varying degrees. Among these features, however, it is best known for its brilliant deep scarlet foliage in autumn.
Over most of its range, red maple is adaptable to a very wide range of site conditions, perhaps more so than any other tree in eastern North America. It can be found growing in swamps, on poor dry soils, and most anywhere in between. It grows well from sea level to about 900 m (3,000 ft). Due to its attractive fall foliage and pleasing form, it is often used as a shade tree for landscapes. It is used commercially on a small scale for maple syrup production as well as for its medium to high quality lumber. It is also the State Tree of Rhode Island.
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October 13th, 2013
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Comments (20)
Michele Penner
There is so much beauty in the world and you, Nick, are an expert at capturing it. This image, as all of your macros, is beautiful.
Nick Boren
Thank you Nadine and Bob for featuring my maple leaf image in the Artist News group. I appreciate it very much. :-)
Nadine and Bob Johnston
Thank You for Submitting your Artwork.... Liked the subject, description, technique, composition, and color... So this week it was Published in the Internet publication ARTISTS NEWS.... YOU or Friends Can use Ctl-C to copy the link: http://paper.li/f-1343723559 and Ctl-V to put it into your the Browser Address bar, to view the publication. Then, Tweet, FB, and email, etc a copy of the publication, to just anyone you feel would be interested. Happy Promoting! :-)
Christine Burdine
Hand Painted nature, capture by you.. so pretty!! Not easy to get all these colors but your work is excellent, voted
Nick Boren
Thank you Tracy for featuring my maple leaf image in your I Love Photography group and your Self Taught Artist group. :-)
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