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Recent visit to help the Bird Observatory Wardens.

Missed my access to the highway on purpose in order to come back for this.....

Fall colors explode at the Maroon Bells, in the Aspen Snowmass Wilderness Area in Colorado.

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Shall I stay?
Would it be a sin
If I can't help
Falling in love with you?

Senior Portrait beside the Nolichucky River in East Tennessee.

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Looking for advice: when using long exposure to shoot waterfalls, rushing water etc, where do you place the focus? Even when shooting f22 with center focus, many of my shots look out of focus. How do I nail focus on these? Thanks for the help!

A Couple checking out the view on a foggy autumn day in Niagara Falls, NY

This technique is a lot of fun but very time consuming and you need to be very comfortable using layers. Give it a shot

Taken from a tower window overlooking Niagara Falls. The lights are Buffalo NY and the bright high building is a Casino. The moon was peaking through a cloud.

take my hand, take my whole life too
for I can't help falling in love with you

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Wintertime is the most fun.

Three shot manual focus stack.

Winter 2015 in Niagara Falls, NY. There is no snow to be seen, and the temperatures in the 50s F. But we saw a beautiful rainbow.

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Look closely and you can see the mud on his antlers, he was bucking and running around, hooking the dirt with his horns and tossing it in the air... he was having a ball...

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Like the variegated reds and greens of this tree, and the strong vein lines.

Used Picasa for post work on this cell/smartphone capture of neighborhood sugar maple, which is undergoing fall color changes. Really like the contrasting red-green colored patches.

Random find in the backyard.

One of my favorite shots from a recent photo session...love this little munchkin!

A fallen log blends in with the wild landscape in Washington Gulch near Crested Butte, Colorado.

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Silly boy.

(Note the bruise on the top right, faceplanted into the gravel and didn't even flinch)

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Because I needed an non BW version of this image

Image of Brown Marsh Presbyterian Church located on Brown Marsh Road, Clarkton, NC

Finding the light...

Re-share of an older image that I still love.

Found these pretty little leaves basking in the sunlight and dancing in the bokeh...they were just begging to be shot ;)
Lensbaby Sweet 35 f/2.8

Early in September, before the fall colors really got going, I found this one tree with some color on it. This was a place called Lower Lewis Falls, in Washington. I had seen a lot of images from this place, and wanted to try for something a bit different.

This way. I'll show you.

Trapped in perpetual motion,
frozen in time.

This time you hold me up,
Instead of letting me bead, and fall,
to soak into the earth.

This house can be found in historical Occuquan, VA. Made me think of Hansel & Gretal.

This is a Beehive Kiln in Occuquan, VA. This was one of eight that were used in the Lorton Reformatory which housed the Women Suffrage inmates.

...would not be as sweet.

Surrounded in fallen leaves
Sodden underfoot.
No crisp, no crunch,
as is the norm here in the rainy season...

All is right with the world

same same same, so different

F2.8 same shot same place as the other all I changed was the lens

Back road songs this misty morn
The day has fall begun
troddin soddin rained on leaves

Taken in 2013, this was taken with my first point and shoot Sony Cybershot
One of my fall favorites of all time... Happy fall

Stalking the garden again...yes, that's me...the one crawling around in your yard with the camera ;)
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One of the small East River tributaries trickles past Gothic Mountain near Crested Butte, Colorado.

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I like to drive around my little area looking for interesting photo opportunities. I found this tree in front of a house out in the country and probably spent 10 minutes shooting the leaves, which were so beautifully interesting to me. This photograph has a fuzzy socks, warm coco, curl up on the couch with a good movie kind of feeling to me.
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This photograph took me about 2 years to make.When I first saw this tree it was mid summer 2 years earlier. I knew It would be a good photo opp some day with the right conditions. So every once in a while I would take a hour drive to Maryland on my way to a cool water fall and check this dead tree and the conditions! On this day they were right on! Slow moving clouds clear no humidity just enough breeze to blow the corn that was just about ready for harvesting .

Beautiful blushing blossoms hidden along the roadside.
50mm 1.8 (gotta love this lens)

The little things in life
So often missed
Walked beside, but never seen

The Mount Baldy Wilderness Area, best accessed by a 4x4, in early October. The pass takes you over a summit of almost 11,000 feet and offers breathtaking views of Colorado's alpine tundra.

When leaves are like chocolate underfoot...

I was driving along a particularly tree lined road in my little town and caught a glimpse of something almost "glittering" in the fallen leaves along the curb. I immediately pulled over and grabbed my camera. I surveyed the scene, got down on my knees and elbow and was enthralled with the way that the leaves appeared almost like chocolate in the sunlight. I was snapping way, trying different angles, probably talking to myself...and then I happened to look up to see a group of high school kids standing stock still across the street watching me as though I was some sort of alien from another planet. I stood up, dusted myself off, gave them a wave and got into the car. So, I looked like a bit of an idiot, but ask me if I care? Whatever it takes to get the shot, right? :)

When you're off the map and off the grid, little signs and arrows are especially important for navigation. In this case, a small sign pointing us to our designated route had been plastered with various stickers, causing me to miss a crucial turn.

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Aspens quietly stand vigil over a mountain pass outside Telluride, Colorado.

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Taken in Auto HDR, Manual mode, manual focus

ND filter used

I was out walking this week with my husband and my son, at the trail we go to to show Orson the cows (which he loves) and on the way back from seeing the cows Orson and I were playing and I had turned my camera off but was wearing it, and chatting with my son about leaves and rocks and the snail shell Todd had just found for him. I looked up and saw Todd had bent down a small maple tree (they are like rubber) and before I could even think he had let it go and when the tree snapped up all the leaves stayed behind and hung in the air for a split second. It was amazing to see and would have been an incredible shot. Needless to say I missed it. But to humor me after I chided him for doing something awesome and not warning me first he saw there was one leaf left and pulled the tree down again so I could catch the single leaf before it fell. He looked as we walked for another tree small enough to bend, but it was a once in a lifetime shot and I missed it. But the image is sharp in my mind and Orson giggled and giggled.
Missed the shot, but had a moment.

Lensbaby 2.0 f2.8

This is the natural HDR to "fall weather"

NIK HDR only

The last of the cat tails giving way to the cool nights.

Birthday photo session with a 4 year old. She is terrified of the camera, so I started the session discretely following her around capturing candids.

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As our petals fall, what is inside becomes evident to the world...

Wide angle view of the Hydroelectric Plant in Niagara Falls, NY. I was going for an old school/postcard look here.

There's a song by Billy Talent that in so many ways speaks to me of the town in which I live.
Sometimes it's so beautiful, but it's such a sad little place.

Empty playgrounds,
Always an eerie sight,
Echos of squealing children,
ghosts of fun had in summer sunlight
travelling through the autumn mists

This was extremely hard to capture. Up in a small tree above my head on an overcast misty day... Testing my limits indeed.
Two shot stack.

Nikon D3100
1/60, f/5 ISO 200

reviewing some old images

Samsung camera phone
1/263, F/2.6 ISO/ 50

This family puts up a hay display for Fall, Christmas,and Easter. It's all about our town and country living

A UNESCO World Heritage site, Plitvička Jezera National Park is undoubtedly one of the most stunning collection of lakes and waterfalls in the world. The waters flowing over the limestone and chalk have, over thousands of years, deposited travertine barriers, creating natural dams which in turn have created a series of beautiful lakes, caves and waterfalls. From a photographic standpoint, it is like being let loose in a candy store; more photo opportunities than you could handle in a week, let alone a day.

OOps. <3

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Fall colors surround East Beckwith Mountain from Kebler Pass, Colorado.

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Funning how while walking on a path along a river bank, you find the random shells, rocks and leaves. They battle for their individual moment in our walk, but their conflict is our harmony.

What is green...( or yellow),
Is gold

Floating Orange on water that has recently fallen 154 ft...

Watching bull elk in the rut can be intense at times. This was one of those moments as challengers began filtering in from the timber. All I could hear was those famous words "Are YOU ready to RUUUUUUUMMMMMBBBBBLLLLEEEE"

Fall colors, Bull Elk bugling, it is a magical time.

That is one seriously sweet treehouse out there

In a crooked little town, they were lost and never found
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves... on the ground
Run away before you drown, or the streets will beat you down
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves... on the ground

Billy Talent

|But even with a regular lens I am a little wierd. :P

These little yellow fish can be seen around almost every manhole in town. The local elementary schools all cut out fish and painted them onto the streets to label the drains that lead out to fresh water where the salmon run. Least that's what I heard. Each and every one is different from the next.

Aspens line the 4x4 trail on the way to Emerald Lake, near Crested Butte, Colorado.


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Sheer boredom has forced me to don my hat, coat and boots and brave the deluge
Went out and collected and assortment of Autumn bounty, set up on the bedroom floor
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The Ruby Range's features lit by the morning sun and reflected in Lake Irwin, Colorado.

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When all the children run home for supper,
the hoop is left to dangle,
soaking in the light that's missed,
by the maple leaves a tangle,
soon, so soon, the leaves all gone,
the court the hoop looks down upon
will be crunchy underfoot

Tower over all,
we see
those leaves light upon the ground,
trod upon, no second thought
because the people like the sound

This damn thing aint workin again
Better get my wrench

What is green is gold. What is pink is gold
What is purple, orange, yellow, faded and worn.
Is gold.

Autumn GOLD

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“An individual human existence should be like a river – small at first, narrowly contained within its banks, and rushing passionately past boulders and over waterfalls.”
―Bertrand Russell

"In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but by perseverance." Unknown

French Cabin Creek - Central Washington State.

A brief wander out this morning

At Robert H. Long Nature Preserve, there's a man made waterfall. It's timed to allow water to run off into a nearby creek. It was golden hour when I captured this duck watching the water.

Just a typical fall shot but split with BW to give it a gentle transition.

Taken this morning October 2nd. I stumbled upon a tree farm with vibrant color. This was taken in East China, Michigan. I played with the coloring to add black and white in the dull areas.

Taken north of Richmond, Michigan in the late morning. This Cemetery gave great foreground to the picture and the moon was added in to help set the tone.

Spots of light shine in on us,
We reflect
Our self
Fall of sunshine, light of day
We reflect
Upon ourselves

Fall portrait of a 4 year old. This is the year she looked at the camera and wasn't scared!

Near the summit of Ophir Pass, a 4x4 trail near Ouray, Colorado. The elevation here is about 11,000 feet, where the leaves had completely turned. At lower elevations the aspens were mostly green. Taken September 26th, 2015.

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Poor Spider

Said the Spider to the Fly

Though this may not appear to be a historical site at first glance, this is a bridge at the George Washington's Distillery and Gristmill in Mount Vernon, VA.

Below Rolley Lake Falls~Mission, British Columbia

A fountain near home in a shopping area

A small lake outside of Fairplay, Colorado reflects the fall aspens as the sun sets on a beautiful weekend.

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Same shot, same settings (close as can be with a creative aperature)
Different lenses indeed.
LB 2.0 and Canon EF 55-250mm with a polarized UV filter
The lensbaby tends to warm things, at least as far as I have noticed a shot will always be a little warmer with my LB.
There is no zoom, so naturally that affects composition. And of course the tilt, which comes from the selective focus and the bokeh as it looks is because of my aperture disc which looks like a twinkling star with some dots around it. imagine a + symbol with no center and a dot in each angle and that's pretty close. The interchangeable apertures are one of the tings that makes LB so creative!

Waiting for carving

Mission, British Columbia, Canada

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Oaken broken branches unfallen,
dried; hang in waiting
for someone to drag them away.

Lush lipstick colouring,
buds of last season,
dried, old, and ready for seed,
clinging to the limbs of their mother

Those who paint the colours of fall,
will splash red the leaves of the oaks,
fall all who wearily weather the seasons,
heaped in a crunching pile to blow south
for the winter

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We drown in water ankle deep,
Because the adults aren't watching.

(Center focus entirely intentional)