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This winding New England path is nearly paved with the first leaves of fall, creating a dreamlike walk down memory lane.
It's always fun to see different birds, different creatures, than we're used to seeing on campus and in town.
Granted, we didn't see anything too exotic and impressive this day, but, even so..
Muir Woods National Monument in the fall; nearly dusk, cold with mist starting to rise up from the stream, the crowds have all gone home and it's still and peaceful; a beautiful place to be.
Photographed in upstate New York with natural light only. This scene works because of directional autumn light filtering through the canopy and landing in a clean diagonal across the dirt floor. That shadow line pulls the viewer straight toward the broken steps and the frame-within-a-frame doorway beyond.
To keep the atmosphere intact, I exposed for the highlights hitting the stone walls, letting the shadows deepen naturally. Shooting slightly stopped down preserves edge detail in the ruin, while the warm fall color balances the cool, weathered stone. No artificial light - just waiting for the sun to hit the gap at the right angle.
• Expose for the brightest stone surfaces to avoid losing texture.
• Mid apertures (around f/5.6–f/8) keep architectural details sharp.
• Look for light gaps in the trees - autumn sun is low and directional.
• Use natural leading lines (shadows, stairs, openings) to guide composition.
The Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England.
Colour raw file converted to black and white in Adobe Lightroom 3, slight vingette introduced.
A sight that could be found in quite a few places throughout Kamakura, the city being covered with forested mountain hiking paths, this particular staircase leads down away from the graves of Shimazu Tadahisa, Môri Suemitsu, and Ôe no Hiromoto, back to the street, the residential area.
A quiet dirt trail winds through a dense coniferous forest, with scattered fallen pine branches and needles littering the path. The soft, diffused light filters through the tall trees, creating a serene and slightly mysterious atmosphere, inviting the viewer to imagine walking deeper into the woods. The shallow depth of field keeps the foreground path in focus while gently blurring the lush green background, emphasizing the texture of the earth and the natural debris.
Rando N°116.
06 Octobre 2026.
3Km29 - 0H49.
- Dernière randonnée de l'année avant le retour du froid. Malheureusement il y avait déjà quelqu'un de stationné là où je voulais m'arrêter et qui fumait près de sa voiture. J'ai donc choisi un autre endroit pour me garer en me disant que j'allais pouvoir retrouver le chemin que je souhaitais emprunter, mais un arbre éventré dû à la tempête de juin barrait complètement le sentier et impossible de le contourner. J'ai donc fait un simple petit aller retour. Dommage.
Si seulement j'avais eu le courage de me changer en pagne malgré ce fumeur, j'aurais pu faire un grand tour.
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I had originally miss identified this species. See message below. Thanks to Bernhard Jacobi, www.flickr.com/photos/29697818@N03/