It rained here last week. Here are a few views from the sunny days, of which there were many.
I love the turning leaves. My favourite time is when we have a range: green, yellow, and orange/red all at once. Sadly, a fourth category is soon added: gone. But in the meantime, it’s a lovely view.
Reflected leaves aren’t as stunning–we lose some of their IRL colour–but they compensate by being unexpected. Fun, even. Mind you, it was the bright-green-truck backdrop that gave a double dose of unexpectedness this time. Also fun? I decided to wait for the photo-bombing truck to move on so I could try again. Now you can be the judge.
Sometimes I find an inadvertent study-in-colour. I’m not sure how long the yellow leaves were in the well of the wiper blades before I noticed them, but I was lucky enough to finally see them while I was in a parking lot with reasonably current line markings.
Finally, I find that sometimes I don’t see background clutter on the first try, which is when I’m very grateful to be working in pixels rather than in film. Of course, one photographer’s *clutter* can be another’s *interesting context*, but not this time I think. This time, I was also grateful for knees that still work well enough to allow me to crouch a little bit and long enough to change the frame.
I like the reflection without the photobombing truck as my eye goes first to the person depicted on the truck, then goes to the text on the truck and finally looks around for your subject….
Fully agree re the sunflower photo, no background clutter thanks
Jim R – 🙂 Yeah, the person/ad does draw focus. Thanks for voting.
With truck and without truck have their charms. That’s what makes your photography art and not documentation. Thanks for letting us “see”. Of course, nothing is better than yellow against blue skies!
Judith – 🙂 Since I started taking/chasing photographs of sunflowers this fall, I’ve been amazed how many there are, from huge fields (planted for oil production, I assume) to messy rows in vacant lots, to an occasional one standing tall in a commercial flowerbed. I think others share our appreciation.
I love the top picture!
Tom
Tom – And views just like it are everywhere around here at the moment.
Your studies in moire greys and yellow are captivating and would make wonderful designs in silk.
I have decided that even if I *did* take my car to the carwash as often as I should, it would never reward me with such satisfying reflections, which is a reflection on satisfaction, I believe.
Laurna – Many thanks. Out at the lake this weekend, I watched as our car seemed to try to camouflage itself, reflecting the surrounding trees in all their seasonal complexity. It’s a satisfying time of year. All the promise of spring and the work of summer, making and sustaining greenery, is finally rewarded.