Would you believe this was shot near midday? I did a bit of a Mr Rockwell and had a C-Pol on the lens as well as a Vivid
mode to get the colours ramped up like that. I tried to using Active D-lighting to get more detail on the statue (it worked, but the colours suffered a little).
I just really like the ultra saturated colours in this one!
No idea about that red tree, but there are a few of them around on campus.