Looking For Fall Colors in the Bay Area, Part 2 of 3 - Morning Light
Nov 25, 2019 09:47:42 #
This is the second of three sets; here is the first set: https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-620624-1.html As I was making my coffee to take with me on the drive to catch the morning light, I noticed fallen leaves from the apricot tree in our backyard and took the first photo. It's a good thing I did it then, because when I got back our gardener had mowed the back lawn and the leaves were gone. The final set will be of a walk near our house.
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Nov 25, 2019 10:08:38 #
Nice series Dennis ... interesting how different the climate is between where you live & where I live ... I was out plowing snow this morning ... so this & your 1st post were nice distractions. A couple of those shots make it look very dry out there. Thanks for sharing.
Nov 25, 2019 10:09:21 #
Nov 25, 2019 10:35:10 #
fbeaston wrote:
Nice series Dennis ... interesting how different the climate is between where you live & where I live ... I was out plowing snow this morning ... so this & your 1st post were nice distractions. A couple of those shots make it look very dry out there. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for the kind comment Frank and I'm glad you enjoyed the photos. It certainly is different here and very dry currently. Our rainy season is typically October through late April or early May. We are supposed to get our first real rain tomorrow evening and are looking forward to it. It gets very green in the winter and into spring. I cleaned out our gutters and covered our firewood yesterday, with temperatures in the 70s. We have been in our house for 42 years and have had snow once, about 1-2 inches. We live at the bottom of a 3,848' mountain that typically gets snow about 3 times a year. Here's a post from March: https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-582270-1.html Snow is beautiful, but we don't want to live in it (we're both Bay Area natives and like the weather here).
Nov 25, 2019 10:36:07 #
Nov 25, 2019 10:47:58 #
DJphoto wrote:
Thank you for the kind comment Frank and I'm glad ... (show quote)
That's not snow ... that looks a heavy frost!!!! ;) But I hear you ... as I get older, I seem to enjoy warmer weather more.
Nov 25, 2019 11:05:08 #
fbeaston wrote:
That's not snow ... that looks a heavy frost!!!! ;) But I hear you ... as I get older, I seem to enjoy warmer weather more.
Roger that on getting older. I also find that I can't tolerate heat as much. Our normal summer here is 85-105 (though we don't have high humidity). I used to think nothing of working in the yard at 100 or so; not any longer.
Nov 25, 2019 11:09:00 #
DJphoto wrote:
This is the second of three sets; here is the first set: https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-620624-1.html As I was making my coffee to take with me on the drive to catch the morning light, I noticed fallen leaves from the apricot tree in our backyard and took the first photo. It's a good thing I did it then, because when I got back our gardener had mowed the back lawn and the leaves were gone. The final set will be of a walk near our house.
I really like this set, Dennis! Great selection and presentation.
Nov 25, 2019 11:42:37 #
pixelmaven wrote:
I really like this set, Dennis! Great selection and presentation.
Thank you for the kind comments; I'm glad you like them.
Nov 26, 2019 10:24:36 #
Nov 26, 2019 15:34:21 #
bertloomis
Loc: Fort Worth, Texas
You did a good job photographing the fall colors that were available to you. But all the scenes are quite pedestrian in my opinion.
Nov 26, 2019 17:38:31 #
Nov 26, 2019 21:42:11 #
blacks2 wrote:
Beautiful, I love it.
Thank you, and coming from you it is a real compliment.
Nov 26, 2019 21:49:04 #
bertloomis wrote:
You did a good job photographing the fall colors that were available to you. But all the scenes are quite pedestrian in my opinion.
Thank you for your comments and the affirmation of my photography. If I had been able to get away for a whole day like I did last year and get into the Sierras during the peak of the colors, I would likely have gotten more dramatic colors. However, these were the best in my local area and I believe there is beauty all around. Also, I love a good twisty road, this is an excellent one and it happens to be very close to home; I tried to capture that. Also, if I lived where the fall colors were more spectacular, it would almost certainly be in a much less desirable climate.
Nov 26, 2019 21:52:02 #
srfmhg wrote:
Nice set Dennis. We do have seasons!
Thank you Mark. Yes we do have seasons, they are just a little more "subtle" than much of the country. I'll take "subtle" over "dramatic" to live in. "Dramatic" is only a 3-4 hour drive away.
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