The Gingko Tree

This photo was inspired by my nephew, Noah.  He's decorating his room with a collage of frames, six oriented for landscape and six for portrait, and he requested some photos for all these frames.  I had a lot of fun picking out different colors and patterns for this project, but I realized two things:  1. I rarely photograph in portrait orientation, and 2. I rarely photograph yellow and red.  It seems like I mainly photograph blue, orange, and green.  I even photograph purple more than I do red or yellow!  So when I saw this Gingko tree in Sacramento over the weekend, I decided to photograph it...in portrait orientation.

Parking Under the Gingko Tree

On a rainy fall day
In midtown Sacramento.
A very pretty proposition.
(Yes, it is still fall here!)

The car parked
in front of me
was completely covered
in gingko leaves.
It looked like
a parade float.
At first I thought
it hadn't moved all week,
but now I'm thinking
maybe
it had only been there for
a day...or two.
I sure wish
I could have
photographed
from the inside
of that car!

This photo was made
after my windshield wipers
pushed all the leaves
and water
to one side.