The leaves are beginning to turn here, and are falling from the trees into Botany Pond, right next to my building. They make the surface of the pond look like an Impressionist painting.
The vegetation in this photo is nearly all reflections in the pond. Only the branch in the center, and a bit at the top, is unreflected plant matter.
Those are gorgeous!
Amazing!
iPhone? That other camera?
iPhone, sadly. I wish I at least had my Panasonic Lumix with me.
No sweat. The trees don’t know the difference between an iP and a Pany.
😎
Show me the Monet!
It does look like a Monet!
Life imitates art. . .
I love the fall and miss it in all it’s glory living in Alabama as I do now. I was born, and raised in New England, and the smell of wet leaves in autumn is the scent of home.
I am planning a move from NY to Spokane. I’m sure I will miss very much the eastern deciduous forest.
Move a little further West and you can enjoy Western Washington’s deciduous forests. 🙂 Though conifers are more prevalent, and our deciduous trees aren’t as beautiful as those on the East coast.
If you are referring to the coastal rain forest, I ruled that out because of lack of sun. The Olympic Peninsula is certainly beautiful though, and we gave it some thought.
I think I spotted the nightjar in. The top photo!
Beautiful pics.
Well done! I couldn’t see it, but found the fox with the scary eyes at the top of the second photo.
Is the female Ginkgo still there? If so, it must be smelling pretty ripe by Botany Pond.
It’s still there, but the leaves haven’t even turned yellow yet. And now they put an awning over the sidewalk when the fruits start dropping so the sidewalks stay clear and people don’t squish those foul-smelling puppies with their feet.
I would love to have a female Ginkgo. They’re so educational! BTW, they’re not fruits. They are female cones.
Lovely pix. Thanks.
Vegetation as artist. Lovely blues and golds.
Like the first shot. Nice.
Artistic shot, Professor. Quite lovely.
Love the first one, could be by Monet, you send a Photograph to the Wilderstein Institute and tell them its a preparatory Sketch for his painting “Nymphea”, be good to take them down a peg or two.
Beautiful! Jerry, you have a “good eye”.
The keys to good composition:
1. Pay attention: Keep your eyes open for beauty
2. Remove all the non-essential bits using your camera
(Technical skill and lots of experience looking at good photographs help too.)