All the Same

As I approached the Speedway Public Library 

on Saturday, I noticed that the Japanese maple 

at the curb was nearly the same shade of red 

as the car parked alongside. I really liked the way

the sunlight filters through the red leaves

and tried to get a picture of that effect against

the red car, with limited success.

For whatever reason, the way my eye 

registers the bright red created by the sun

is not duplicated by my camera.

However, I was surprised by what caught my eye next:

all five cars (four shown here; the one at the front of the line 

was a small Nissan) parked outside the library, 

each a different make and model, were all 

virtually the same shade of red. Huh.