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Fall in the Lakes Region brings an abundance of color on the trees, activities for the family, and a nip in the air. This is our collection of foliage photos that we have taken over the years. Click on an image for a larger and clearer view.

One of everybody's personal favorites, this photo shows just how intense the red of a maple can get. That's actually not a birch tree, but a poplar. The pure yellow leaves in the background are a species of maple. By early November, most leaves on the ground have browned, but not this one. You needed to have seen this particular leaf in person in order to be able to truly appreciate its color. A grove of hemlocks create a dark and perfect backdrop for a few limbs of pure yellow. Two different maples yield to different colors, both equally spectacular. The poplars, still in green, are the last trees around here to change. The yellow is actually a maple. Shocking red maples growing low enough to allow for easy up close inspection. A red leaf sitting on a mossy rock with a fuzzy creeping view- postcard worthy. More deep red maples leaves can be found just about everywhere. A collection of colored leaves the bunched up on the ground. Here's one from before the big change.  Deep green Beech leaves clash was an even deeper blue sky. A spotted red and yellow caught in the grass. Deep reds, some yellows, and greens in this shot.

Sometimes you'd think mother nature goes around setting up postcard-like scenes like this for us to photograph. Colorful foliage winds itself along the scenic shoreline of the Saco River. Picture perfect scenes like this seem to abundant supply along come mid October. Tough to picture a better spot to bring the family for a picnic lunch. Red maples leaves with yellow veins make for an especially stunning visual display. Some oaks, just dry up and turn brown in the fall, but not this one.  It seems to think its a maple. Splashes of color and shadows can make for interesting photos. Even in the under story, some of the smaller maples can produce quite a colorful show. Looking up through the canopy of leaves to a tree that has gotten a jump start on the change. Just because the leaves are not on the tree anymore doesn't mean their beauty is gone. A small maple yields surprisingly big doses of red. Here is the palette, orange, red, and yellow all in one photograph. Early season snow adds a touch of beauty to a backdrop of yellow foliage.

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