Fall Color in Sun and Rain

 

Homeward curve

Mid-county tree

Benzie in the rain

Leelanau Township

Sumac scarletting hillside

Asparagus turned to gold

Looking east at sunset

Eagle Highway

Long view

Come take a walk with us. We won't say a word.

 

It's Hard to Choose

 

Lovely spot in every season --

Splendid tree on the curve

Bright yellow behind green that will last all winter

Border of color -- for a few days

Tree of light

Sun behind birch

Moon over Peasy's Corner

 

Same corner

Unaltered

 

This shot is from my phone. The color has not been altered, nor the image cropped. Amazing natural Michigan!

But now I can't help cropping to bring the lake closer in to us. The blue of the lake! Clarity of the islands! It was a magic moment.

Everything Looks Better in the Morning Light

 

Fall Color Up Close

 

Michigan landscapes right now are bursting with color, begging to be photographed with wide angle lenses or painted on giant canvases. My mission this afternoon was different. Instead of looking for stunning vistas from the highway, I went on foot around the edge of the woods and aimed in close, focused on sunlit leaves. Many of these shots were done in HDR mode, with three successive exposures stacked together, and the wind often kept those stacked images from lining up exactly, which is okay with me. At least one image was a ordinary single exposure. Nothing more seemed to be required. See if you can spot the one I mean -- and tell me which image is your favorite, because I'm having a hard time choosing myself.

Along the Way

 

Everything along the way was so beautiful that I kept turning around and going back, again and again. 

Come for a Walk with Snootus and Me!

  

Let's go to the Big Hill, Snootus!

Life at the edge

Closer

Closer still

Wild apples on the edge

Ridge periphery

Fallen I

Fallen II

Standing

Towering

There he is! Snootus, a.k.a. Peasy

Here he comes!

And back out again! That was fun!