Tree in the Late Afternoon

Tree in the Late Afternoon
Originally uploaded by randubnick.

This is a photo I took sometime this week with my phonecam. I had forgotten about it until I transferred some images into my computer tonight, and then I saw it again. I took this photo during a late afternoon walk. You see these trees growing wild along the highway, and I guess some people would call them ordinary, but I disagree. I love the patterns of the leaves, and this time of year, they make an amazing red blossom, as in this photo. So I took a picture, trying to capture the feeling of the late afternoon sun behind the leaves. Tonight I cropped the image to get the composition the way I wanted it.