Tips for capturing Fall colors.

just get out there before they are gone...im trying all sort of stuff, in water, down paths, look for old decaying trees next to new saplings full of color there is this one maple i drive by every day that is absolutely the most beautiful burgundy red totally not photographable due to its location but it optimizes the fall season this is the first good color we have had in over 5 years and I'm trying to catch as much as possible

Don't feel like you need to capture the vast expanse of blazing color. Leaves floating on a pond, a small cluster of backlit leaves... look for the details that say Fall. One of my favorite shots is to find a stretch of rural road with good color, preferably with a curve to add interest. Have a friend drive while you hold the camera out the window and make a slow exposure of the road and colorful trees to blur the color. You will have to figure out what works best for you depending on the speed you are traveling but start with about 1/15 sec.

I prefer going for a closer shot, something like 200-300mm to pick out the details. Backlighting is a good way to make the colours pop.

Unfortunately fall isn’t really until November/December here so the only photo I have in my portfolio is from last year.

Not much left to say, most of the relevant stuff has been mentioned. I'll add that you can make the colors pop big time if you shoot right after the rain has stopped with the polarizer on your lens.