Valley tree, October (updated twice)

Here's a couple pictures I took today. (I have more to post later, I think.) I was out in the Valley getting the town's best burger, and walked home. I'd put the compactish GF1 camera in my bag, and good thing too, with all the autumn colors I'd have kicked myself if I hadn't brought a camera.


Panasonic GF1 with 20mm F:1.7. (The combo weighs less than a pound.)
This came out more powerful than I'd dared hope for.
Part of it is that (due to the sky) I used auto-bracketing, and selected a lighter version than the otherwise perfectly serviceable auto setting had chosen. More light in the picture, see.

Update:
Here's another pic from today. I liked the funny juxtaposition of this grey environment and those brightly colored bits.



Update:
TC [Girl] said:
I really like the contrasts of the brick wall vs. the colors, like you mention (and thanks for including that. That helps a great deal to interpret/confirm what you are trying to show in the picture...for amateurs like myself. :-) The pic looks like a B/W pic...with just those few bits colored in.

Thanks, dear.

It is funny, once I get into "picture mode" I see pictures everywhere. I was just walking home, a bit bushed, so I kept putting the camera in my closed pocket on my thigh (The GF1 with this lens is just small enough for a large pocket), and then I had to take it out again several times on the way. The grey picture was very close to home, well after I'd decided I was burned out creatively for the day.