Flowers

Couple weeks ago I took a few photos of the flowers in Tom and Ginny's yard. These are a few of the ones I liked.

Urban Decay In Fall

This location is just outside of Virgina City and I am not totally sure what it used to be but I would guess they are some structures that used to be used in mining that are now decaying away over time. I was there with Bryan who was shooting a short film project at this location and I like how the changing colors of fall were looking against the old concrete structures.

Classics In A Classical Way

For these classics I was thinking I would do black and white to give them that more classical look. I like the way they look presented in a black and white format that is more common for the day these planes are out of.

Leaves

One thing I like to do when I am taking fall color pictures is to find other ways to photograph things besides the overall view of the trees (which I also like). I will end up taking a lot of different photos from the leaves close up to a shot that shows a lot of leaves scattered about. I will usually just see something with in a setting that catches my eye and take anywhere from a few shots to several shots, recomposing and looking for the best angle or way to frame the shot, much like I do for any landscape shots. In the end I will usually get several photographs like these that I really like. These are just a few of the ones I took in this way last week up on HWY 88.

Fall Colors on HWY 88

Here are a couple shots from a drive I took with Tom up HWY 88 last weekend to look at the fall colors. These were taken up in the Hope Valley area.

Fall colors are on the way

I took the kids up to Crystal Mine yesterday to do some digging around and along the way several of the groves of trees are starting to turn yellow. On the way out we pulled over and walked around one set of trees for a few minutes so I could get my first few fall photos of the season. This is just the start of the fall season when the leaves are making their color change so hopefully I will have a lot more fall photos over the next month.
After we left we headed over to Truckee taking the dirt road that comes out by Stampede reservoir. As we were driving along I liked the way the light was on this mountain and took a few shots from different points along the road. This shot I also cropped down to give it the panoramic look.

Other Things That Fly

Over the last couple weeks I have been able to capture a few other things that fly other than airplanes. The duck and geese were photographed up by Alturas, Ca at a wildlife viewing area just south of the town. The dragonfly was in our backyard sitting on the top of a tree that I need to pull out and get rid of.