Fall color . . . my way

[Steve Foss]

Hey all:

Some days it's tough to get motivated. Others it's easy. Today I rolled out of bed (three days after going cold turkey off caffeine, yikes!) and was ready to go. Plenty of fall color left in these here parts, and a nice day to capture it.

All with the Canon 30D

Some of the last of the big amanitas

Canon 17-40L at 17mm, hoya circular polarizer, iso200, 1/30 at f4, handheld

Like Jonny, I have a favorite barn/outbuilding, this one with some bigtooth aspen for a backdrop

Canon 100-400L IS at 100mm, iso400, 1/125 at f11

And some bigtooth aspen along the escarpment north of Shagawa just west of the Echo Trail intersection

Canon 100-400L IS at 120mm, iso400, 1/200 at f11

Floaters and divers

Canon 100-400L IS at 200mm, 1/250 at f7.1

About to sink

Canon 100-400L IS at 170mm, iso400, 1/250 at f7.1

Maples and birch and sky and clouds

Canon 17-40L at 17mm, hoya circular polarizer, iso200, 1/250 at f4

Up to the sky

Canon 17-40L at 17mm, hoya circular polarizer, iso400, 1/80 at f14

My Serengetti

Canon 17-40L at 17mm, hoya circular polarizer, iso200, 1/100 at f14 (and 1/25 at f14), tripod. To explain the two different shutter speed/aperture values, I shot one frame exposing for the brighter sky and one for the darker land and blended them in photoshop using a technique you can find under "blending images" on the luminous landscape web site.

[brassman]

awesome photos I love em all no one is better than the other, fall is my favorite time of year and October is the best time especially since my birthday is right in the middle of it, these photos capture October's beauty.

[mmeyer]

Steve, great photos. It would be impossible for me to pick a favorite. All very very nice.

[finnbay]

Great shots. Tough to pick a favorite, but I like the maple leaves with the birch clump in the background.

[MN Shutterbug]

I have a favorite. It's #3. I like the huge rock behind the trees. It adds something to the photo. But yeah, I like them all.

[Dbl]

Great work Steve, hard to really pick a favorite.

[WifeKidsandDog]

Can't pick a favorite either -- they're all beautiful.