The days grow ever shorter and cooler here in the northeast US. It is a time when photographers who are stopping by the shop on their way home from their day jobs run into the dilemma of shooting new photos in sub-optimal lighting conditions.

So what better scenario than to shoot a black long wheelbase Longbikes Slipstream in the dark and hope the flash works well? I can think of none better, and I've done just that. But to spruce it up a bit, I've done so on a bed of fall leaves.

I'd claim that last bit was a pun, but a spruce is a coniferous evergreen.