Halloween!

You can't take a look at the colours and spirit of fall, without including Halloween!

This was taken with my cell phone camera, so it's not the best picture. The sun was also in an awkward spot, but I wasn't going to be around at a more convenient time, so here it is! This is a great yard for the holiday (IMO). It's not just random stuff, there's actually a bit of a plan and some unity to the whole look and design.

As for the quality of the picture... well, the best I can say is that at least it's in focus. The road here is too busy for me to feel comfortable going out in to the middle to take a better shot - not without another person with me to watch for cars.

                                                 HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Colours of Fall, part 3

These colours are completely different, but equally fall. That clear, but cold blue sky says winter is not too far away. The pine tree has pushed out an absolute plethora of pinecones, most of which still have their places on these upper branches. I just love how the tree is completely framed by the unbroken blue. I feel like it could somehow have been framed or set up better, but I'm not sure how, just off the top of my head.

Colours of Fall part 2

The colours in this bush are very different from yesterday's. Here the leaves have that beautiful yellow gold, tinged here and there with orange and red. The dark berries make such a fabulous contrast.  I wasn't at quite the right angle to get the same great clarity of the leaves as yesterday's picture, unfortunately. So the colours are clear, but the sharp details of the actual leaves are missing.

Colours of Fall

I'm going to do several photos over the next few days, trying to capture fall. I guess the bare branches from a couple of days ago would be the first, and the multi-colour tree from the 19th, as well.

If you have any suggestions for other themes I might try, leave a note!

I am completely in love with the colours in this bush. The reds with a touch of gold and orange. So rich and stunning. There's even a single brownish berry to the top left. I love the clarity of the leaves in the center, you can see the very veins of each leaf.

Comparison

Yesterday morning there was a lovely view from my office window. The sky was all kinds of pretty colours from the remains of the sunrise. I tried taking the pictures two different ways. First, I used essentially "automatic" settings (P setting). (Note that both pictures were taken through the same window.)

Contrast that with the second picture, where I used the "sunset" presetting.

In the end, they are both failures. The first washed out a lot of the colour, while the second just made everything too dark. I will definitely have to take more direct control next time I want to capture colours in the sky, as leaving the camera to sort it out just results in disappointment. Lesson learned! (If I had to pick one, I would take the first. I think overall the colours are truer than in the second.)

Fall is here.

The colours didn't really come through, but I still like the picture. Blue blue sky (which looks grey) showing flawlessly through the rawness of the bare branches. No clouds, no power lines, no noise. Season changes are really quite beautiful.

Out of town

Nuts, being out of town broke my perfect streak! I will get some new pictures up tomorrow.

Sunrise, looking west

It's a shame about the power lines, but I'm glad I took this when I did, because by the time I had made it a couple of blocks further to a more open area, the colour was much less impressive.

This could probably be improved with some editing, even if just by some cropping. But when I try to think of how to force it to fit the rule of thirds, I feel like I would be losing an important part. The power pole on the left could be cut without loss, but I like the sky further above the cloud and something about the quiet street below it.

Moon set

This was taken not long after sunrise, looking west.

A handheld shot from a camera that's not all that powerful, considering how far away the item was I was shooting. I love the shadows and colours, which are partly from clouds.

Amazing nature

Nature always amazes me. For example, apparently only about a third of this tree has received the memo that it's autumn now. So the right third is entirely red and yellow, while the top bit is confused and the left is entirely green. (The yellow at the bottom left is actually another tree.)

Beautiful colours!