Photo Of The Day By Bob Faucher

By Staff

Updated October 22, 2019

Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Katsura” by Bob Faucher.

Photo By Bob Faucher

Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Katsura” by Bob Faucher.

“Katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum) is a species of flowering tree native to China and Japan,” explains Faucher. “The leaves turn a variety of pinks and yellows in autumn and sometimes have a distinctive caramel scent when in fresh autumn colors.”

Canon EOS 10D, Canon EF 100mm macro lens, Gitzo tripod, RRS BH-55. Exposure: 1/30 sec., f/2.8, ISO 100.

Photo of the Day is chosen from various OP galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and the OP Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the OP website homepage, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. To get your photos in the running, all you have to do is submit them.

Originally Published October 9, 2019

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