I found this perfectly dried apple from last year’s bumper crop in our backyard.

I found this perfectly dried apple from last year’s bumper crop in our backyard.

My entry for this week’s WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge.
Orange you glad it’s photo challenge time? Time for another multi-photo challenge! Wow us with punchy pops of orange.







Rock Park, Sparks, Nevada
I shot this in the parking lot of a local shopping mall. I pulled out all the color but the orange and yellow of the leaves, applied a couple of filters, and here you go.

I call them blessed relief.
Update: These are Apricot Mallows. http://www.desertusa.com/mag99/sep/papr/globemallowl.html
Last night I met with three other members of my photography group to shoot smoke trails. It was the first time I’ve ever done it. Aside from nearly getting smoked out of our leader’s garage studio, we had a great time. The first two were shot using my Speedlite. The others were shot using Michael’s studio strobe (after Susan let me use one of her Pocket Wizards).
This week’s photo challenge is color. I’m going with orange. Or at least until I go through some of my red ones. Or blue ones. Or, or, or . . .