Saturday, 2 December 2023
Dense fog obscured the sunrise, and the camera’s algorithms (algorhythms?) did too! I found it more misty and mysterious than shown here.
And the ginko drop happened…at least for this tree. I didn’t do a survey and make sure it was all specimens, as is characteristic.
Wednesday, 29 November 2023
For several days, the local meteorologists have been predicting this pattern. This morning, our low was the lowest we’ve had since March: brrrr. Nice later, though, and fine tomorrow, then rain rain rain, and perhaps no rain come Sunday afternoon. The models vary. Temps overnight a bit less cold, then not bad at all.
Proof that the afternoon was sunny and pleasant, albeit a bit breezy, but you can’t see that in this photo of a sculpture called Bulwarks II.
Tuesday, 28 November 2023
We’ve a weather change coming late this week—perhaps three days of rain, so I thought I’d be sure to get out and enjoy the sunshine today…and get some perspective.
Monday, 27 November 2023
Fabulous moon rise or rising moon, whatever.
The day’s other excitement was book club; we talked about the book rather longer than usual, some critical, some enjoyment, plenty of agreement that maybe we should do a field trip to the setting…historical fiction from the days of Michelangelo and Leonardo in the very early 1500s in Florence, Italy. We jest, but ho hum a nice adventure to contemplate.
Tuesday, 21 November 2023
I named this image leaf fluff…becuase the leaves are still fluffy and dry, and fresh-fallen. This was yesterday. Today, they are wet and matted down, on their way to becoming duff. Duff is the organic matter on top of the soil in a forest.
Saturday, 18 November 2023
Dewy morning.
Dew on blue.
Blue with clouds.
Red Japanese maple leaves. Okay, this is the line that changes the game, although it’s the end here.
Tuesday, 14 November 2023
Landscape drama shot. With ducks.
Flower drama shot. It’s all in the color.
Unphotographed drama: some kind of movie shoot…guess it could have been an ad shoot or music video…we didn’t get close enough to tell.
Sunday, 12 November 2023
Murky day, which is fine: we need the rain…it also means the leaves are coming down down down.
Sunday, 15 October 2023
We pushed south from get-up in central Indiana, keeping an eye on the leaf colors. This is northern Kentucky. It’s got some elevation, and I think that’s why the color has developed this far.
This is also a bit elevated, and definitely farther south, in central Tennessee. I think the overcast has heightened the colors somehow in the color processing. Call it even a bit fake.
Something for you to ponder, those photo algorithms. I think the new 15 camera’s overly push the saturation, compared to standing there, at least with my eyeballs. The second photo was standing there; the first was through the windshield, then color corrected for the window tint. Overall, it sounds like I stepped into a visual morass. (tee hee)
I’ll have to give you the leaf-color report on ATL in the coming days. We were so busy dodging the usual urban traffic snarls, bumped up by Pride weekend activities, that I didn’t adequately take in my non-traffic environment.
Saturday, 14 October 2023
Sunrise-orange across the Grand Marais breakwater and Lake Superior.
Fall color along US2, southern side of the peninsula, out from under the cloud bank.
Lake Michigan at Brevort, still in the Upper Peninsula. Never come down to the lake here before.
Lake Michigan at Cross Village, in the northern Lower Peninsula. More wind than the north shore at Brevet.
Tunnel of Trees, as the state highway going south of Cross Village is known. The right-of-way is narrower than standard, not two lanes wide, and thus no center line. We followed about ten fancy, late-model Corvettes who were traveling together. We left the park at Cross Village right behind them, and followed them into Harbor Springs. [If you’re looking at a map, this’ll make sense.] We got a chance to analyze tight GM cornering from the rear.
One more shot of the fall color in the northwestern Lower Peninsula, greener than in the UP.
That visually sums the prettiest pretties of the day.