hdfilmnoir Loc: New Mexico

Fall comes to Route 475 NM, Fall is a short season here in NM and the timing is always challenging.

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gregoryd45 Loc: Fakahatchee Strand

Very nice, hdfilmnoir

Bill_de Loc: US

When the picture came up I thought really nice scenery. But when I scrolled down the guard rail IMHO detracted from the image. So all I can say is that I really like the top half.

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NMGal Loc: NE NM

I like all of it. The guardrail is an integral part of NM backroads.

East Banana

in Missouri, I have full colors starting as early as mid October to well into Nov, and peak last about a week long ...depending on conditions. There is absolutely no point in reading the guides because that is like a 3 week variance for when peak week can hit, sometimes mid Nov even...making it a 4 week wheel of fortune spin. I've been photographing both the Ozark Plateau area and the St. Francois Mountains area, my whole life. The Tropical storm was supposed to bring heavy rains early this season, it missed huge areas in Missouri and it has been a very dry season as a result. I fear it may be too late because what happens is Alberta Clippers start blowing in from the Northwest in Fall and dry leaves go bye-bye fast. What I believe we will have here is another not-so-great fall, about 7 in a row below average colors. I think Midwest wise, Northwest Iowa and Southeast Wisconsin, may be prime spectacles considering the moisture received in those areas.

Until Global Warming really became a recognizable issue, Fall Colors were predictable and reliable in Missouri (2 years ago we were peaking in the second week of Nov, last year was about the same a few days earlier not much. When I was young, Oct 31 usually meant all the leaves gone .... )

East Banana

I do not agree, if per say, the image was cropped in an upper half lower half split in some way? The Guardrail could be a guardrail anywhere who would know? The background answer where it is so therefore it's necessary. I'd say if it were cropped into 2 images, then 2 nice snapshots ...as it is, it's a photograph that tells you something ?

hdfilmnoir Loc: New Mexico

Thank you all for your comments. I was out looking for some fall shots but I also wanted to use my 10mm lens. This shot should have been taken with a zoom or telephoto as I was quite far from the trees. I incorporated the guard rails and the road and framed the trees to move you eyes from the foreground to the background.

Tex-s

I love the shot. Good frame IMO. Love the area. My wife and I visited the last week of July and considered that exact drive one day, but decided on The High Road to Taos instead.

fourg1b2006 Loc: Long Island New York

Like the composition on this one.