Japanese Red Maple Samaras

Though it sounds like a cocktail, the wing-shaped seeds of maple trees are called samaras. Sometimes these seeds are also called twisters, helicopters or whirligigs. To see these seeds fall is to witness the gracefulness of nature. I caught the Japanese red maple samaras pictured here backlit by the late afternoon sun, their redness in full display.

Panasonic Lumix G85 M4/3 System
12–60 Lumix Telephoto @ 60mm
Handheld
ISO400 F/22 1/40s

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