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I walk on this narrow path and it feels like the forest is watching me, or maybe I am the one being watched by my own thoughts.
The trees are thin, almost fragile, but they stand longer than any decision I ever made. It’s early Spring days, but leaves still remember me that here was the Autumn. they are not in hurry to reach the ground, unlike me pursuing for something I forgot or post…
It is calm here, almost too calm, like silence is saying something I cannot translate. You would think such place gives answers, but it only gives space for questions to grow taller. Strange thing, I came here to feel less alone, yet every step makes me more visible to myself. The light is soft, kind even, but it shows everything without asking if I am ready.
Maybe peace is not comfort, maybe it is just the absence of noise where truth becomes louder, so I can see more within myself…
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Cooper pauses on a forest path, surrounded by fallen leaves and a thin layer of snow. The air is still, the light soft and pale, typical of a January afternoon. His gaze is calm but attentive, as if listening to distant sounds in the woods. Curly fur catches the cold light while the background fades into gentle blur. A quiet moment during a winter walk, where time slows and the world feels simple and peaceful.
Camera: Agfa Record III (6x9 cm)
Lens: Apotar f/4.5 105 mm
Film: Ilford HP5 Plus 400
Exposure: 1/100 sec and f/16, hand-held
Film developed and scanned by MeinFilmLab
Edited under Adobe Lightroom
Camera: Agfa Isolette III MK II (6x6 cm)
Lens: Solinar f/3.5 75 mm
Film: Kodak Tri-X 400
Exposure: 1/100 sec and f/8, hand-held
Film developed and scanned by MeinFilmLab
Edited under Adobe Lightroom
For comparison, see the picture of this scene taken on Ilford HP5:
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Camera: Mamiya Six Automat I (6x6 cm)
Lens: Olympus D'Zuiko f/3.5 7.5 cm
Film: Kodak TMax 400, rated @ ISO 400
Exposure: 1/250 sec and f/5.6, hand-held
Film developed and scanned by Foto Brell, Bonn
Edited under Adobe Lightroom
Accidental background blur due to lack of film flatness, probably caused by unfolding the camera too rapidly. The fine-grain Kodak TMax 400 film delivers smooth tonal value transitions, especially in the blurred area in the center, which is framed by a relatively sharp border area. For some reason I actually like the look.
Autumn, also known as Fall in North American English, is one of the four temperate seasons. Outside the tropics, autumn marks the transition from summer to winter, in September (Northern Hemisphere) or March (Southern Hemisphere). Autumn is the season when the duration of daylight becomes noticeably shorter and the temperature cools considerably. Day length decreases and night length increases as the season progresses until the Winter Solstice in December (Northern Hemisphere) and June (Southern Hemisphere). One of its main features in temperate climates is the striking change in colour for the leaves of deciduous trees as they prepare to shed.
Although colour change in leaves occurs wherever deciduous trees are found, coloured autumn foliage is noted in various regions of the world: most of North America, Eastern Asia (including China, Korea, and Japan), Europe, southeast, south and part of the midwest of Brazil, the forest of Patagonia, eastern Australia and New Zealand's South Island.
Eastern Canada and New England are famous for their autumnal foliage, and this attracts major tourism (worth billions of US dollars) for the regions.
Our recent weather event of Jan 4'th was eerily reminiscent of the famous Ice Storm of Jan 5, 1998. This weekend we had 20 centimetres of snow followed by a rapid rise of temperature to +10C followed by rain, then a drop to 0 C with freezing rain, then high winds (at least 50 kph by my estimate) followed by clearing skies and a severe rapid drop of temperatures to -15C (-30C with the windchill). Back in 1998 a similar pattern of weather variation occurred but it was over several days with as much as 100mm (4 inches) of freezing rain destroying the hydro-electric systems of eastern Ontario and southern Quebec (up to 5 million people were out of power, some for as long as a month). Millions of trees were damaged or destroyed by the weight of the ice.
"Luminous Leaf-fall Landscape" by Patti Deters. A golden amber shower of autumn leaves cascades through a dense woodland grove of maple and aspen trees, coating a quiet woodland path in the brilliant hues of fall. Stroll along this sunlit trail as a gentle afternoon breeze sends thousands of spinning leaves dancing in the forest air. Every fluttering leaf seems to carry a touch of magic, catching the sunlight and illuminating the forest path like a shower of pure gold. It is a magical moment where the woods come alive with motion, inviting anyone who walks this path to pause, listen to the soft rustle underfoot, and witness a truly luminous leaf-fall landscape. Photographed in Cass County in northern Minnesota, USA, where we are truly blessed to witness this amazing display by nature every October, without fail. Thank you for viewing this picture. If you like outdoor nature photography, you are invited to purchase or just enjoy looking at more landscapes, waterscapes, and other scenic images at patti-deters.pixels.com/featured/luminous-leaf-fall-lands....
Camera: Holga 120N
Film: Ilford HP5 Plus 400, exposed at ASA 800
Exposure: 1/100 sec and f/8, hand-held
Film developed and scanned by MeinFilmLab
Edited under Adobe Lightroom
This shows one of the walking trails leading from Bar Harbor, Maine into Acadia National Park during the autumn season.
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This is from the Muir Woods. It's hard to believe this place is only a few miles from San Francisco.
Snow muted everything as the narrow path curved into the timber, banks piled high on either side like the world had been gently shoveled into silence; the trees leaned in heavy with fresh powder, their branches stitched in frost, and somewhere ahead two small lanterns burned—steady, warm dots in the blue-gray dusk—making the road feel less like a place you got lost and more like a place you were being quietly guided back to, one careful step at a time.
Camera: Agfa Isolette III MK II (6x6 cm)
Lens: Solinar f/3.5 75 mm
Film: Kodak Tri-X 400, rated @ ASA 200
Exposure: 1/100 sec and f/5.6, hand-held
Film developed and scanned by MeinFilmLab
Edited under Adobe Lightroom
Lady's Walk, Ashridge Forest (National Trust Woodlands), Hertfordshire, UK
The ancient woodlands in Ashridge Forest offer spectacular walks on a late October afternoon when the low sun lights up the golden hues of the autumn foliage
The park covers an area of over 2000 hectares (about 5000 acres) and spans the borders of the counties of Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire. It is located on a chalk ridge of the Chiltern Hills.
Details: Ashridge offers particularly splendid autumn views of very ancient, pollarded beech trees in the Frithsden Beeches area. Another great place which is shown in this photo is 'Lady's Walk' - between Berkhamsted Common and Thunderdell Wood - off the B4506 towards Woodyard Cottages.
Location: The National Trust’s Ashridge Park visitors centre is located at Moneybury Hill, Ringshall, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, HP4 1LT, England, UK. UK Map references: OSGB36 SP978125
Links: More details about Ashridge Park and Woodlands are available from the National Trust website.
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