I have lived in several different towns across the south and midlands of England. One thing I have noticed is that often you don’t have to go far to see beautiful autumn colour. This year I got out early in the autumn for a walk around some of the town to photograph the trees as they turn colour. I also took with me my infra-red camera to see how the change to autumn affects how the foliage appears in infra-red. Here are some of the results:
Below is a comparison slider showing the same view in colour and Infra-red. This is by a path leading to the flood meadow of the River Trent.
As you will see in theses photos, the infra-red views show that the foliage, although changing colour in the visible part of the spectrum, is white indicating that it is still reflecting well in infra-red.
This next colour/infra-red comparison shows a tree in full autumn colour to the side of the Eccleshall Road. Beautiful colour in an urban setting.
This final view is just a few yards further along showing a tree just turning colour:
A technical note: If you look closely, the alignment between the colour and infra-red views in not pixel-perfect. Most of this is because different cameras with different lenses were used – all lenses distort to a greater or lesser extent so one will not exactly match the other.