Posts Tagged ‘fall color’
Mushrooms
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I made this photo in a favourite local park – Campbell Valley Regional Park in Langley, British Columbia. There is not much in the way of wide open scenery here, but it is a great place to focus on smaller things such as mushrooms, wildflowers and occasionally birds. If you have read my previous mushroom posts over on Google+ it will come to you as no surprise that I have not identified this species of mushroom.
I would normally shoot something like this with my macro lens, but in this case I was not going to be able to get close to this log at all without destroying a lot of underbrush, so I setup my tripod on the trail and used my 70-200mm lens to “get closer”. I am not against placing items in a scene, but for this particular photo I did not place the Maple leaf – it was already laying there. I do have another version of this photo without the leaf, but I believe the above composition is stronger with the leaf in place.
Tags: british columbia, campbell valley park, Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L IS USM, fall, fall color, fall colour, maple leaf, moss, mushrooms
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Cheam Lake Fall Colours
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Cheam Lake Wetlands Regional Park is one spot in the Fraser Valley where I always go looking for fall colour. An old limestone mine, the park was created in 1990 and now is a great place to photograph not only fall colours, but wildlife – especially birds. Always a bit out of my telephoto range though.
I visited Cheam Lake twice this fall. Someday I need to explore it further – it is close to so many other locations I like to shoot at that I tend to not have enough time. The first time I was there this year I did not find a lot of color but I did manage to make this photo of a Rabbit. I realize this may not be the most exciting or exotic species, but I’ve always like rabbits.
Eastern Cottontail
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Sylvilagus floridanus)
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This Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus – an introduced species here in British Columbia) allowed me to briefly make some photographs of it. A few more mouthfuls of grass and it took off into the deeper underbrush near the lake. Considering the amount of these I have in my backyard, I am surprised my first photo of one was taken over an hour away from home.
Tags: cheam lake, cheam lake wetlands regional park, eastern cottontail, fall color, mount archibald, rabbits, sylvilagus floridanus
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Silverhope Creek
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Last year the Fraser Valley had some pretty bad Fall color. The Bigleaf Maples (Acer macrophyllum) that dominate the color around here pretty much went from green to a bit of yellow with a lot of brown – not very photographically appealing. Last week I ventured out into the valley and found some great fall colors, though I need to scout some locations a bit better for next year so I spend more time photographing and less time searching.
This is a photograph I made last week of Silverhope creek which lies just outside the border of Silver Lake Provincial Park near Hope, British Columbia. There was not a lot of Fall colors in this particular spot, though I do like this shot. This area is a great one for photos of the creek with lots of moss covered rocks – and most of it is near the road for easy access.
Tags: british columbia, fall color, hope, silver lake provincial park, silverhope creek
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Mount Shuksan Alpenglow
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A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of doing some hiking and photography in the Heather Meadows area of the Mount Baker Wilderness with Alan Majchrowicz. We hiked to the top of Herman Saddle along the Chain Lakes Trail which had a fantastic view. Clearly I had been riding my office chair for too long because my lungs didn’t quite handle the hike as well as I had hoped. Most of my familiarity was with the Picture Lake and Artist Point areas so to see a few of the other sights was an eye opener. I know a few hikes I want to do next summer!
Back at our vehicles we were talking a bit about how the “good” light can come and go rather quickly. I know I’ve seen the light turn to something fantastic as I am in my car driving away from my recent shooting location. I have also seen it disappear as I am trying to reach a viewpoint. I have learned through some recent experiences that staying until the light is definitely gone is always a good idea. You never know what might develop after you leave! So it was not without a touch of irony that this conversation ended quickly as we noticed great light appearing on the mountains. A quick drive and a hurried jog up the boardwalk later and I made these images of Mount Shuksan.
Mount Shuksan Alpenglow
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Photography for me is usually a very relaxing endeavor, which is part of my enjoyment of it I think, but sometimes when you know the light will go at any moment this can be accompanied by some adrenaline. Years ago when this would happen I would rush and make a lot of mistakes because of the urgency, which does not happen now. I still feel the excitement though! I have been at this location many times, but I have not seen good light on the mountain while it had this backdrop of a subtle purple/mauve cloud coloration. It was colorful enough to give a nice contrast with the snow and ice of the mountain, unlike a simple grey cloud background (which I have seen many times).
I am often a bit torn at this location between trying to get foreground detail or just creating a silhouette of the foreground trees. I think this silhouette version was quite successful but I also like the other version below. Which do you prefer?
Tags: alpenglow, fall color, heather meadows, mount baker wilderness, mount baker-snoqualmie national forest, mount shuksan, picture lake, washington state
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2 exposures stitched, Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM @ 17mm
View of Harrison Lake’s Green Point looking back on the beach I was standing on in a previous panorama from 2009. This was an area I had hoped to revisit in the fall of 2010 for the color of the maple leaves, but this year had terrible leaf color and it was not to be. I feel somewhat better about that now that I am going through the 2009 fall shots I had not yet processed. Maybe 2011 will be better.
I would not complain if I had the view from this house every morning!
Tags: acer macrophyllum, fall color, green point, harrison lake, stitched, sunset
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Some fall color at Harrison Lake in November 2009. Unfortunately we just didn’t have this sort of fall color this year. The leaves went from green to brown/dead all too often. Especially the Acer macrophyllum.
13 exposures stitched, Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM @ 17mm
Tags: Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM, fall color, green point, harrison hot springs, harrison lake, panorama, stitched
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Another angle from the shots I took at Picture Lake taken during my last fall trip. I have taken many shots of this (and similar) spots but haven’t quite settled on being “done” with the area. Regardless, its close to home and I always have a good time shooting up there. Even more so during the few months of the year that Artist Point is open.
Tags: fall color, mount shuksan, mt. baker-snoqualmie national forest, mt. shuksan, picture lake
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The Chain Lakes Trail in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. This is the view of the trail heading west from Artist Point in mid October.
As usual I am having option paralysis as to which of these I prefer in terms of composition compared to the alternate. Suggestions?
Tags: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L IS USM, chain lakes trail, fall color, mt. baker-snoqualmie national forest
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Mt. Rainier and Tipsoo Lake in late October. Yakima Peak is on the right.
8 exposures stitched, Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM @ 17mm
What a difference a week makes! I shot this panorama 8 days ago in Mt. Rainier National Park about 90 minutes after sunrise. A bit late in the season for the good fall color (a Ranger told me I missed that by a week only) but still a pretty spot to be. It was cold that morning, probably about 20°F (about -6°C or so) and sunny with a few clouds all weekend. Less than one week later it began to snow. Right now SR 410 (which was right behind me at this spot) at Chinook Pass is closed here due to avalanche danger. It would appear that Paradise has a few feet of snow and more coming fast. Many of the roads are closed, some for the season. I was quite fortunate to be there on the last weekend of fall before all the snow.
Tags: Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM, fall color, mt. rainier, mt. rainier national park, panorama, SR 410, tipsoo lake, yakima peak
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