Fall Color!!

I like the dark color...are they invasive?

Pixie - that is the perfect fall shot I am on the hunt for - fallen leaves on a freshly mowed lawn, preferably green.

Virginia Creeper is quite the spreader.

Sumac anyone?

No hunting needed Al....this is my back forty.

The end of the back forty.....

I don't see the tee or the green there - what have you been doing :)

this pic loosely fits into the fall catergory

had feathered friends visiting!

Nice shot Al!!! Love how you captured the light.

Turkeys' dinner's(?)

I fooled my 10 year old daught with that pic - yes I'm so proud - it's a streetlight not the sun.

Then thats even better, cause you fooled me too!
There were more turkey's than that...most had already enterd the woodline when I came up over the knoll and spotted them.

Pixie, my son also enjoed your turkeys. He said "you're going to have some Thanksgiving!"

Al, Great picture & it fooled me too.

Dave, glad little dave enjoyed them....I do as long as they stay out of the pumpkin patch. Had a few pumpkins w/peck marks in them this year!!

Very tricky Al! Cool shot.

Celeste, have you eaten wild turykey? Any good or are they too gamey?

Anita:

I have eaten wild turkey before. It's not too gamey. But there's a lot less meat on them bones!!

Anita, I have had wild turkey a few times. I think it all depends on how you cook it and what they were fed....i've had it taste great and taste gamey.

Thanks, I've always wondered.

I always think of grasses in bloom for this time of the year...

Al:

That's awesome!! Can you relate the details on how you took that photo? I'd love to try something like that as well.

Thanks Candyce. That photo caught my eye as I walked under a tree blocking a streetlight. The light is one of the 'new' old styled gas ones and is fairly short(12' or so) and had a street tree low enough by it.

This is the B shot of it - the light is more visible in this one.

It's so peaceful. Did you use a timed shutter speed? A more open F-Stop? A tripod? Or, did you just stand really, really still?

I'm guessing a tripod.

Scout around - you might be able to find something similar in your town.
I didn't use a tripod, I am fairly steady. I almost frame all my shots how I want them and don't crop them, that was one that was hard to tell if it was good until I uploaded it. Shutter speed was 1/30 or set to ISO100.

I took this pic shortly before - my camera pixilates these a bit.

That's pretty hard to get w/o a tripod. Did you brace against something? So was it still on auto or manual exposure?

I can change the ISO speeds on my camera and that's about it. I did brace that one - although it looks similar to the ones I didn't. The colors just don't blend as well as film does.

A dslr takes much better night shots - just one more reason (as if I needed one) I want one!!

Preaching to the choir dude.

On your wish list too?? I want the Nikon D200 but need the scratch first!

Al - I am very impressed with your beautiful photographs.....they are contest entry worthy!! I'm also not surprised to hear that you are a steady guy! LOL

I am.

Thanks Donnie. Far away shots are a lot easier than flower closeups.

Victor - it's not in my immediate plans so I won't tease myself by looking.

In that case it's a good thing you're steady.

I can blame most of it on the subject moving though can't I?

Yes, Al.....you can! Your percentages are pretty good!

I have one of those close up too Al......what is it?

I really like this photo for a fall picture.

That mushroom is way too cute! I can just see the fairies dancing around it.

Good sign of fall too.....to many tomatoes!

I like this one too...look on the leave beside it. The mushroom is dripping black on the foliage below it.

Candyce....will be in New Hampshire in about 5 hours. Have to take my son's GF to Manchester airport. How's the weather?

I like the dripping mushroom Celeste.