Arboretum on Fire, Nacogdoches TX

Magical light in the SFA Arboretum. This is the Japanese Maple garden within the shade garden section of the arboretum. If I were just there to hangout, I'd definitely be sitting on that bench. The red things are pretty cool added artwork. They are metal cut to look like flowers, painted red and stuck in the ground with a piece of quarter inch rebar. They definitely add to the color of the scene. I tried to compose this shot to get as many of them in the frame as possible, and got four of them.

This is a single exposure. I wish I would have taken a few shots with a faster shutter because the leaves were really blowing around and came out really blurry. Sometimes I like motion blur in the leaves, but not really in this case. But the sky was cloudy and the sun kept coming and going so eventually I got bored and recomposed. It's really overwhelming in the arboretum and I always struggle to compose, but I like this one and will have to try it again next year!

Critiques are always welcome.

Daily photo: December 15, 2012, taken December 1, 2012

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