There was a stat quoted in the Ottawa paper the other day, to the effect that in the 75 years they’ve been keeping records there has never been a year that no measurable snow fell before Remembrance Day. Hasn’t it been just the most lovely, pleasant autumn?
The photo ops have been throwing themselves at me this week. I haven’t so much sought out pictures as have tableaus call out for my attention, like the setting sun silhouetting the last of our pumpkins just before I put it out in the compost bin. (The pinecone was an afterthought but I love the way it refracted the setting sun behind it!)
And with the change from daylight to standard time, it’s no longer pitch black when I drive to work in the morning, so I can be seduced into being late for work because I stopped to take pictures of the thick morning fog. Like this:
On the other end of the day, though, it’s barely dinner time when the sun sets, and when you see a gorgeous magenta-orange sky you have to run out and leave the pasta to boil over while you take a few pictures like this:
I did a portrait session with my BFFs and their extended family, and although I had to twist a few arms to get them to do a leaf toss shot for me, it ended up being one of my favourites from the day. 🙂
You could say i was board when I took this one. 😉 I just liked the tinge of colour, the iron handle and latch, and the repetitive pattern of the boards.
Sometimes the whole photography obsession can get annoying, like when you’re raking the leaves and running out of daylight and you like the way the light hits a couple of pinecones you just raked out of the pile so you drop the rake and pick up the camera and suddenly it’s 20 minutes later and you have a lot of great pictures of pinecones but half a lawn of unraked leaves.
I was trying to think of a good tribute shot for both 11-11-11 and Remembrance Day, and when I found this fallen tree and stump I knew it was exactly the thought I wanted to express.
So do you think we could be lucky enough to hold out until December for the first snow shot?
The silhouette is beautiful, I love how the sun sparkles through the pinecone. Everyone looks like they are having a good time with the fall leaves. Thanks! 🙂
I love your shot of acorn and pumpkin, the against the light thing works on making that picture perfect.