On the way to fall color 往秋色之路

On 6 October, I drove to Gravenhurst 180km north of Toronto to watch  autumn color of the maple leaves. I followed Highway 400 and turned to Highway 11. On the way I could see the change of foliage colors. The color of fall became more obvious and prominent when going further north. I enjoyed a long scroll of natural picture of the autumn scenery. A sudden rain came when I arrived Gravenhurst. I went to a small park and the rain slowed down.
When the sun came out, I thought there might be a rainbow. As expected, it appeared. I ran to a best location to capture this beautiful rainbow with the fall scene. However, it is a pity that the rainbow stayed no more than 5 minutes before another sudden rain came. 

Photo equipment:
Nikon D300s, Nikkon GP-1 GPS
AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED

10月6日往多倫多以北180公里的Gravenhurst小鎮賞楓葉秋色。我沿著400號公路往北走，再轉入11公路。沿途可見樹葉的顏色廳轉變，愈往北走，秋色愈濃。公路兩旁盡覽天然的秋楓長圖。進入Gravenhurst 小鎮，天色變暗，下起驟雨。走進小公園，雨慢了，太陽爬出來。心想，彩虹將會出現吧。果然不出所料，天邊出現了一條彩虹，馬上跑到有利位置，拍下秋楓彩虹的美景，可惜，彩虹衹逗留不到五分鐘，被另一埸驟雨趕走了。

A vast black cloud cannot conceal the beautiful blue sky.  Fall foliage turns colorful.
Nikon D300s, 17-55mm, f/2.8 @52mm, f/7.1, 1/1600sec, ISO 200
雖然天上有一大團烏雲，但藍天可人，公路兩旁已見秋楓蹤影。

The road turns towards the blue sky.
Nikon D300s, 17-55mm, f/2.8 @55mm, f/7.1, 1/800sec, ISO 200
碧雲天，公路蜿蜒走向天。

Vehicles come out of the woods. The double yellow lines and the fall colors create interesting view-points.
Nikon D300s, 17-55mm, f/2.8 @55mm, f/7.1, 1/250sec, ISO 200
汽車從美麗的楓林鑽出來！路中雙黃線與秋色相影成趣。

The firey maple leaves.
Nikon D300s, 70-300mm, f/4.5-5.6 @155mm, f/7.1, 1/250sec, ISO 200
團團的楓樹變得火紅

The maple ensign erects in the colors of fall
Nikon D300s, 70-300mm, f/4.5-5.6 @70mm, f/7.1, 1/800sec, ISO 200
楓葉旗下的楓色秋意

The sky turns dark when arriving Gravenhurt,
Nikon D300s, 70-300mm, f/4.5-5.6 @86mm, f/7.1, 1/250sec, ISO 200
抵達Gravenhurst 小鎮﹐ 天色轉暗。

Meandering into the colors of fall
Nikon D300s, 70-300mm, f/4.5-5.6 @70mm, f/7.1, 1/80sec, ISO 200
公路蜿蜒在楓林中

Rainbow appears just after rain
Nikon D300s, 17-55mm, f/2.8 @17mm, f/7.1, 1/320sec, ISO 200
我跑到有利位置，拍下這幅秋楓彩虹。

Fallen leaves after rain.
Nikon D300s, 17-55mm, f/2.8 @17mm, f/7.1, 1/40sec, ISO 200
雨水打下滿地楓葉

Rain has stopped!
Nikon D300s, 70-300mm, f/4.5-5.6 @300mm, f/5.6, 1/100sec, ISO 3200
雨停了！

Passion of a dilapidated maple in the fall
Nikon D300s, 70-300mm, f/4.5-5.6 @260mm, f/5.6, 1/500sec, ISO 2500
秋意殘紅

The rain water on the ground is a natural set up for my photo album "Rhythm of fall leaves".
Nikon D300s, 17-55mm, f/2.8 @17mm, f/4,5, 1/800sec, ISO 2500
驟雨使地上積水，成為我拍攝《秋楓妙韻》專輯的天然場景！

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