PART II - It Ain't Over 'til it's Over; Fall Colors Sometimes Persist into November/More Photos from a Phall, Phoggy Philly Phield & Phorest

by A. Mac

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If I wake up and see fog and mist in the woods behind my house ... I'm outta' here and off with my camera ... 'specially if it's autumn ...

... winter, spring or even ... summer.

And next time it's in the middle of the night ... I have some ideas that might create some interesting images.

But, for now ... this week's pics.

1) The Birch tress in the foreground and the Sycamores and Beech trees in the background, photographed in a matrix of lifting fog, is a study in "atmospheric perspective."

2) Same subject cropped to produce a more intimate composition.

3) I'd call this a "dream-like" image.

4) It's somewhat ironic, when strong color is subjugated by muted color ... it calls as much, if not more attention to itself within a composition, than if it dominated throughout.

5) Texture mitigated by atmosphere equals "romantic realism," a 19th Century American painting theme.

After an hour or so, the fog lifted but the sky stayed gray ... so naturally, I stayed and took more Phall Photos in Philly's Phairmount (Fairmount) Park.

Next time for those.