Orange Maple with Shoots

This photo was one of those instances where taking more shots was better than taking one. I took three shots in Aperture Priority mode and they had great coloring and detail on the foreground leaf. I toggled the f stop up and took one more.

I have gotten used to being a better safe than sorry type, and make a habit of taking a couple of pictures in Manual and one in full Auto if my subject is reasonable still. It takes 10 seconds if you already have your Manual settings ready.

In the case of this photo the depth of field AV shot was nice, but the new shoots budding from between the leaves was not fully in focus, and the shadow of the shoots was lost. The Manual shot was much better and balanced the scene closer to what was intended. As usual, click on the photo for a larger view.