I've never known Clematis "Nelly Moser" to be in flower so late in the year before, climate chaos!!
On a side note, yes, I'd fully sign that!
3 month ago there was an invasion of jellyfish on the beach, but not the regular ones, 2-3 inch minis, in the ten thousands they swamped the bach for a few days. At the same time a pinkish sea snail appeared here, they feed on those mini jellyfish. So far so good, but the thing is that sea snail does not usually appear here, rather in the gulf of mexico, which was confirmed by biologists.
Yesterday I spotted a school of dolphins and shark at least a 16 footer in the bay here. By August the Dolphins usually disappeared already.
There are a couple of such things that attracted my attention here. I always chrosscheck with biologists who have local knowledge.
I just think if you observe closely your local areas where you usually shoot, you probably find the one or other irrgeular seasonal thing happening. Green Finches started to die here suddenly as well.
Anyhow, sorry for OT.
However, the M8 performed pretty admirably I think. Regarding its color, I think in general the Leica files produce superior color out of the camera than say my Canon does --- or more accurately, I spend a lot less time processing the M8 files to get the colors I want than I do with my Canon files. The M8 is probably a bit different too, as its sensor filter leaks some IR altering the total spectrum captured. I understand that chlorophyll happens to be one naturally occurring compound that reflects IR, so definitely the M8 could have a different spectral response to vegetation, giving it a unique appearance.
