the colours of autumn, part 1

This place is in the mountains of Shimogo-machi of Fukushima Prefecture where is about 100 miles away from my town.
This lake is called Kannon-numa. It is a popular place among photographers in the time of autumnal leaves and fresh green.

just before sunset

The photo has been originally uploaded by Yuichi Momma's photostream in flickr.

The fallen leaves of ginkgo are like a totally golden carpet.　Sunlight before sunset colored the fallen leaves into gold.