Red Leaves in Afternoon Sun

Red Leaves in Afternoon Sun Originally uploaded by randubnick

Yesterday the temperature was in the high seventies, warm enough for a late afternoon ice-cream run. At the ice cream stand (one of the few local stands that stay open year round), I saw a beautiful shrub with bright red leaves. (Some people call this "burning bush".) I loved the colors, so I took a picture with my phonecam. This is the way the color came out of the camera, and I didn't have to do a thing to it. However, I did crop the photo to get this image, which frames what I most wanted to get: the play of the afternoon sunlight on the bright scarlet, pink, and orange leaves.