Posted on October 23, 2011 in Architecture, Fall, Street
One of the places I visited last weekend in search of Fall color was Eckley Miners’ Village in NE Pennsylvania. Not much color in the leaves but there is always plenty to photograph in this tiny little historic spot. It’s worth a visit any time of year. At one time there were 2 streets, now only one, and over 1,000 residents. Today only some of the homes are inhabited while others remain as historic landmarks.
Posted on October 19, 2011 in Abstract / Graphic, Fall, Nature, Topaz
I shot this image of fallen leaves over the weekend. Do you think it’s an image of leaves on the ground or leaves in the water? This is one of those images that would make a fun (and difficult!) jigsaw puzzle!
Posted on October 16, 2011 in Fall, Landscape, Nature
This weekend I spent some time out & about in search of Fall color to photograph. We had very heavy rain Friday and high winds Saturday, both of which helped to change the landscape dramatically. There were splashes of yellow, red and orange leaves mixed with trees that were completely leaf-less. In some areas, the trees are still green. Normally this is the peak weekend in my neck of the woods, but things were a bit disappointing. Regardless, I made the best of what nature presented and came away with some images that I like. This image was taken at about 5:30 PM on Saturday when the sun was splashing off of the yellow trees. They were very bright and I decided to tone them down with a texture overlay just to change the mood a bit. In this particular location the trees closest to the water had the most color whereas the trees on top of the mountain were still mostly green.
Posted on October 11, 2011 in Abstract / Graphic, Fall, Landscape, Nature
Wow – it’s been a LONG time since I’ve done a “swipe” like this. I was in my yard yesterday taking photos of my brand new roof [thank you hail storm and insurance company!] and noticed some nice color on the mountain behind the house. I only took a few steps from the back patio in order to capture this scene of the colored leaves and tree trunks in the woods. This was shot at ISO 400, f/32 and 0.3 second handheld and moving the camera vertically while the shutter was open.
Posted on September 29, 2011 in Fall, Landscape, Nature
On my way home from an appointment today I saw a double rainbow. From my experience it seems that rainbows appear and disappear again pretty quickly. But today I was able to watch the rainbow for nearly 1/2 hour of driving time. It was so pretty! I happened to have my camera in the car so I pulled over and took a couple images, but they just don’t do the scene justice. Once back home in my community I noticed that the trees are starting to show some signs of color, so I snapped this image of the road I travel every day. When I see this scene before me I know that I am almost home! The same image is below in black and white.
