(Albert Camus)
The days are now noticeably shorter and even warm days hold hints of the cold that waits in the wings. But on sunny days the light remains warm and brilliant...bliss in which to capture the last hurrahs and gatherings of the annual harvest.
October 31st: Evening's fire burning softly.
October 30th: Red alert!
It was almost surreal under the canopy in the brightness of the early, early light this morning.
The late afternoon "red shots" are here: http://sciurusniger.smugmug.com/gallery/1805612/1/106685783
It was almost surreal under the canopy in the brightness of the early, early light this morning.
The late afternoon "red shots" are here: http://sciurusniger.smugmug.com/gallery/1805612/1/106685783
October 29th: The sun is out! The sun is out! So today is something decidedly different for these parts, not your usual fall colors, and sadly perhaps the final tribute to summer's glory; one of the last tropical mini-snaps happily basking in the bright warmth.
The sheer clarity of the light was so beckoning I had a bit of a hard time deciding on today's daily. The others are here:
http://sciurusniger.smugmug.com/gallery/1805612/1/106209313
http://sciurusniger.smugmug.com/gallery/1787893/1/106210775
The sheer clarity of the light was so beckoning I had a bit of a hard time deciding on today's daily. The others are here:
http://sciurusniger.smugmug.com/gallery/1805612/1/106209313
http://sciurusniger.smugmug.com/gallery/1787893/1/106210775
October 28th: The rain continues to fall and the temperature continues to drop, but there was still a wee bit of sweetly defiant magic to be found in the gardens this morning.
Here it is in perhaps better context: http://sciurusniger.smugmug.com/gallery/1805612
And I decided to also post there an alteration with the fallen impatien petals cloned out of the background.
Here it is in perhaps better context: http://sciurusniger.smugmug.com/gallery/1805612
And I decided to also post there an alteration with the fallen impatien petals cloned out of the background.
October 27th: This is rather a self-portrait today, what with the kind of day I'm having.
October 26th: All hands on deck, stops down!
I took a reading, bracketed several settings, and while this is better, it's still not exactly what I want.
An idea of just how bright it was while shooting this are the next two here:
http://sciurusniger.smugmug.com/gallery/1787893/1/105533207/Large
I took a reading, bracketed several settings, and while this is better, it's still not exactly what I want.
An idea of just how bright it was while shooting this are the next two here:
http://sciurusniger.smugmug.com/gallery/1787893/1/105533207/Large
October 25th: The light was so beautiful this morning that when I spotted this view of red against red, the rose got another chance.
But regrettably, I have failed it. How in the world do you keep reds from overblowing?
But regrettably, I have failed it. How in the world do you keep reds from overblowing?
October 24th: "Let the memory live again...."
The only sunlight today was early, brief, thin and cold, and bright enough to create the memory of summer's leaves for the few remaining blossoms on the climbing rose.
The runner-up for today, and a moodier capture, start here: http://sciurusniger.smugmug.com/gallery/1787893/1/105092062/Large
The only sunlight today was early, brief, thin and cold, and bright enough to create the memory of summer's leaves for the few remaining blossoms on the climbing rose.
The runner-up for today, and a moodier capture, start here: http://sciurusniger.smugmug.com/gallery/1787893/1/105092062/Large
October 23rd: Late this afternoon, after the lawn service had finished cutting and blowing my yard, I took out a bag of trash and spotted this lone leaf laying in smarmy defiance on the back doormat.
October 22nd: Mister Roger's neighborhood....
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