Imitating the Southwestern U.S.

This must be what's like to live in the southwestern United States. The weather every day is the same. Clear and Sunny. It's great for this never ending season of fall color but I'm actually getting tired of the same conditions every day. The first chance of showers appears to be next Thursday, five days from now. After that rain, if it actually happens, the leaves should be pretty much gone.

Here are some of today's scenes from Waterford.

RF 45mm f/1.2 STM, f/8, 1/500 sec., ISO 100

RF 45mm f/1.2 STM, f/8, 1/350 sec., ISO 100

RF 45mm f/1.2 STM, f/8, 1/250 sec., ISO 100

RF 45mm f/1.2 STM, f/5.6, 1/500 sec., ISO 100

RF 45mm f/1.2 STM, f/5.6, 1/750 sec., ISO 100

RF 45mm f/1.2 STM, f/5.6, 1/350 sec., ISO 100

Color Before and After

This morning's outing to the Waterford Flight of Locks had a double header of color. The pre-sunrise sky had some color and the post sunrise light on the remaining fall foliage did also. Here are som samples.

A reminder all this year's lock E5 sunrises are located at https://davidtruland.smugmug.com/Color/Projects/Lock-E5-Sunrises-2026 and all this year's fall foliage images are located at https://davidtruland.smugmug.com/Color/Projects/Fall-Foliage-26.

RF 24-105mm f/4L at 105mm, f/4, 1/30 sec., ISO 1600

RF 24-105mm f/4L at 47mm, f/4, 1/30 sec., ISO 800

RF 24-105mm f/4L at 35mm, f/8, 1/500 sec., ISO 400

RF 24-105mm f/4L at 47mm, f/22, 1/350 sec., ISO 400

RF 24-105mm f/4L at 24mm, f/22, 1/500 sec., ISO 400

RF 24-105mm f/4L at 24mm, f/5.6, 1/350 sec., ISO 400

RF 24-105mm f/4L at 92mm, f/5.6, 1/500 sec., ISO 400

RF 24-105mm f/4L at 24mm, f/5.6, 1/500 sec., ISO 400

Elevation Matters

While the fall colors at Grafton, with elevations over 1,500 feet, are waning, they are still vivid at lower elevations nearer the Hudson River valley. Halloween displays are also of abundant as we approach the drab brown and gray season that is most of November and December.

Here are some shots from yesterday.

RF 45mm f/1.2, f/1.2, 1/4000 sec., ISO 100, CPL

RF 45mm f/1.2, f/1.2, 1/1500 sec., ISO 100, CPL

RF 45mm f/1.2, f/4, 1/750 sec., ISO 200, CPL

RF 45mm f/1.2, f/16, 1/250 sec., ISO 200

RF 45mm f/1.2, f/16, 1/30 sec., ISO 200

RF 45mm f/1.2, f/4.5, 1/500 sec., ISO 100

RF 45mm f/1.2, f/4, 1/1000 sec., ISO 100