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Taken by rotating camera while shooting the ground.

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

Just a nice walk around Cardiff and you can find many colourful plants and flowers

My trip to Spain resulted in me taking more photos of plants and flowers than actual buildings and sites...who can even tell I went to Spain then?

Strolling through Bute Park, finding all sorts of plants!

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A lovely day in Wales today deserves some photography work

Just going through all my photos that I took recently and discovered a whole bunch of Autumn photographs that I had never even edited.

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The leaves are still changing color here...it's feeling more and more like Christmas is on the way :)

The seasons, they change, like leaves fallen from trees ready for winter sleep...and so too is life, an ever changing thing.

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.

During the Thanksgiving weekend, my brother and I decided to do the "opt out" thing. Instead of hitting the Malls, we went hiking. It was a windy and bitter cold day, but the hike in wasn't too bad. Once we got there, I did not feel the cold any more. I was too busy being in the moment. The thing that made this hike even more special, was I was able to hike with my brother. He lives in Denver, and is also a Photographer, so this was a real treat for me.

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Things you see while you drive your son to work

f4 lensbaby autumn love

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

Finding the light...

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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.

I've posted this one before its so apropos for the photo assignment.

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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

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

Stalking the garden again...yes, that's me...the one crawling around in your yard with the camera ;)
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There's always something about trees that makes me want to take their pictures, trees are very enchanting and its also a good story teller... Hope you guys like this one..

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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I just love using the Hipstamatic app when I'm shooting nature. Today, I chose Tinto 1884 lens with D Type plate film (which is monochrome) and C Type plate film (the colourised version) to replicate an old film effect similar to tin type. There's a fabulous blur/bokeh effect and I felt it to the perfect choice for creating eerie and spooky images.

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

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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? :)

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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.

©Scott Smith Photography

Well a nice scenery doesn't go unnoticed on a good day in Wales!

This capture of the vivid colouring started my day off with a bang!

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.

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.

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.

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

Steps, tread, prints, shoes
we all leave some kind or another
Show where we have been
but not ever where we will go
Even silent steps on dry ground,
Leaves a mark of some kind.

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

Turns out I can still use my regular lens :P

Spin the breeze, this dizzy leaf
Reflecting the sun in circles

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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Littered the ground, these sun drenched crunching leaves
cozy next to that picket fence,
Wading through them like sprinklers in the summertime
Brings home all that childhood wonder

What is up, must come down.

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

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

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

A little composite fun with the fall colours!

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

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)

Sometimes the ugly things in life need recognition too.

Perfect timing to capture colors in the mist.

Nikon d5100
F/6.8
1/1200
Iso-650
300mm

Took this shot in early morning during a cool crisp misty day.

nikon d7000
f/6.2
1/1250 sec
iso-1225
140mm

Sit Blu, Sit.

Those gentle little fingers, curious mind.

Daughter had just come home from a school event while we had my grandson playing in the leaves, she could not resist, she jumped in the fun.

Silent reflection on a cool fall day with a hot cup of coffee.
Just reflecting on life.
shot with...
nikon d5100
f/5.3
1/100 sec
ISO -400
40mm

Early morning shot last November in Georgia.

Looking forward to Autumn and all the colors and photo ops it brings! Dow Gardens, Midland, MI Fall 2014.

Could it be fall?

Always interested in tiny details. Fixated on the little things that can't be replicated.

I took this image through a tree in my backyard. The moon is orange to due the smoke that was in the air from a Canadian wildfire.