PHILLY FALL FOLIAGE 4 (PHOUR); HE WHO HESITATES MIGHT NOT GET THE PEAK COLORS

Just across the line from Philly ... Montgomery County, PA

by A. Mac

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I've been in the woods for the last few hours ... along with my camera, tripod, charged extra batteries and a bunch of memory cards; it was the "peak" fall colors I wanted to record, knowing that, given the weather forecast for tonight and tomorrow (rain, wind and snow), the "peaked" foliage could be on the ground 24 hours from now.

He who hesitates under such circumstances may conceivably could miss the best autumn imagery of the year!

I'm getting too damned old to miss any opportunities ... I'm not saving anything for life under long-term-care (which usually ain't so long term).

In three hours today, I took about 200 shots ... I've opened just one so far and decided that it might be a nice preview of what could (hopefully) follow from the next 199.

You'll have to check back if you're interested ... and it may require more than one article.

Here's the first of today's shots (which is actually the last one I took) ... backasswards, but, the sequence doesn't matter.

Hope you like 'em.

(2) The trunk and limbs of a Dogwood tree stand out against a tapestry of fall colors and textures. "Nature is the art of God." (Sir Thomas Browne).

Indeed!

(3) Essentially the same scene as (2) but because I shot it as a horizontal, it has a more open feeling.

(4) This is in the city of Philadelphia and just down the street from my house.

(5) Love those Beech trees!

(6) I'm mixing in the Pocono Mountains ... I have literally almost 200 more just from this autumn ... 2011 ... so, I figure, what the heck ... instead of just Philly ... let's make it PENNSYLVANIA AUTUMN, 2011.

Is that ok?