autumn colours

Chinese Tallowtree (Triadica Sebifera)

back yard at home, Western Australia
Canon EOS 50D, Asahi Pentax SMC Takumar 50mm f/1.4 @50mm, 1/400 sec, f/2, ISO100

Autumn is one of my favourite times of the year. I love the weather, and I love the changing colours of the trees.

We have a large Chinese Tallowtree in the back yard, and my office window looks out onto this tree. Working at home for the last 14 weeks (due to Covid-19 restrictions) has allowed me to observe the tree much more closely than I normally would, and I have really enjoyed watching the colours change.

This photo is from two weeks ago, when there were still a lot of leaves of various colours on the tree. The tree is now almost completely bare.

This photo was taken with an old manual-focus Asahi Pentax SMC Takumar 50mm lens converted to Canon EF mount that I bought from a friend some time ago.