Single leaf swaying in the autumn wind by Silva Wischeropp

About "Single leaf swaying in the autumn wind"

by Silva Wischeropp

About the artwork

This bizarre nature shot was taken on 16 October 2018 in the late, sunny afternoon hours in the Botanical Volkspark Blankenfelde-Pankow with the NIKON D90 camera (lens: NIKKOR 80.0-200.0 mm f/2.8).
The dreamy foliage motif radiates a lonely, poetic autumn mood.

An autumn leaf photographed in the nature park in the autumnal play of light creates an enchanting atmosphere in all living rooms and bedrooms.

In Anglo-American usage, "Indian summer" refers to the weather period or period of time in autumn. The phenomenon of leaf discolouration is called "fall foliage" or "foliage" for short, after the Middle English "foliage" (in the sense of leaf), which in turn is derived from the Latin "folium". Another colloquial term related to this is "leaf peeping", the tracking, observation and photography of leaf discolouration.

The word origin of Indian summer is unclear, although various speculative views are circulating in the literature - and even more so on the internet. For example, the word could be derived from the main hunting season of the North American natives in autumn, but also from the favourable weather conditions that favoured raids on colonial settlers before the onset of winter.

The Iroquois tell the legend of the hunt for the big bear. Every autumn, two hunters pursue the great bear, whose magical power carries it high into the sky. But the tireless hunters and their dog follow it up there too and kill it after a long chase. The bear's blood drips onto the ground and colours the leaves of the maple tree red. If you look up to the sky, you can see the Great Bear (the trapezium formed by four stars in the constellation of the Big Dipper) and, close behind it, the two hunters and their dog (the three Drake stars).