Red Maple

Acer Palmatum, commonly known as red emperor maple, palmate maple, Japanese maple or smooth Japanese-maple, is a species of woody plant native to Japan, Korea, China, eastern Mongolia, and southeast Russia. Many different cultivars of this maple have been selected and they are grown worldwide for their large variety of attractive forms, leaf shapes, and spectacular colours.

This example was photographed in my sisters' back garden, using a Tamron macro lens. An aperture of f7.1 proved to be the best - giving a nice balance between how much of the leaves were in focus against a soft out of focus backgrpound. The soft March sunlight was hitting the pale green shrubs in the background and help to produce a nice bokeh.