Well... it is autumn you know!

[Loupey]

At the risk of becoming trite, some more fall colors for ya!

On the way back from a business trip today, I couldn't resist a short stop at a state park.

Hey, Sushigaijin - what is that frog? Saw a few scoot through the leaves until I spotted this one. About 2 1/2" long.


Thanks for looking!

[Dylan8i]

its a wood frog, Rana sylvatica pretty common. also the first frog you'll see in spring as they are very cold tollerant.

[Bevb]

Well you certainly change your moods to your surroundings! they are all great! I love Autumn time for photography, the colour ranges are great.

Especially like the last image, the seeds drifting off look like puffs of smoke, very effective.

[quetzal]

Well spring and summer are my favorite seasons, but fall does bring quite a bit of color. Those are beautiful images, and i really like the one of the frog.

[paulnj]

Nice images(and good find on the wood frog)

Might I suggest watching tat hole filled tree in the spring, because that is some serious woodpecker ativity

[Loupey]

Thanks for the comment guys. Those wood frogs and I were pretty funny - darn near impossible to try to sneak up on one with all those crunchy leaves That 300mm comes in handy!

Thanks for the milkweed seeds comment, Bev. I was actually trying to get a seed just as it lets go in the breeze but its taken me 3 nights only to get this close. In the sunny evenings, the light is only usable during the last 30 minutes before sunset. Any earlier and the highlights-to-shadows ratio is too high. Fill flash has been ineffective as it looses that "natural" look. A major storm went through this evening so I'm afraid all my pods have been decimated for the season