Red Oak in Winter

Most trees lost their leaves a couple of months ago, but many oak and beech trees have held onto their leaves until now.  Yesterday (03 January) while retrieving my trail cameras, I noticed many of these leaves scattered across the surface of the snow.  Depending on when they fell, these leaves were covered with varying amounts of fine snow.  Here are a few Red Oak leaves that I photographed.  I really like the simplicity of these images.