By Scott Shephard

I'll spare you the small talk (in part because we are on the move this morning) and just say that here are some Japanese maple leaves as seen near our home away from home for a couple days on Bainbridge Island, WA. It's hard not to like dawn's early light. And Japanese maple leaves in fall . . . .

Canon 5DIII 1/2s f/4.5 ISO200 100mm