Similar Color, Different Background

On a recent photo trip I found two interesting subjects and made these two images. The obvious similarity is the red-orange color of the central object, but what made both special in my view was the contrasting backgrounds in each. Always keep a “photographic eye” out for things you see as you travel about. By the way, the photo with the “leaf” was taken next to a cemetery, and the leaf itself is artificial, apparently having been blown off an arrangement next to a gravesite.