Previously from Shenandoah: Trouble with Color - The Details or the Wide and Grand? - The Skyline Drive View in Autumn - The Lonely Tree - Dark Hollow Falls - Cozy at Shenandoah - Skyline Drive of Shenandoah - Shenandoah Sunset - Different Look of Shenandoah at Big Meadow - Shenandoah is Waking Up - On Skyline Drive - Colorful Flashback - Luray Caverns - Luray Valley Museum - Fox Hollow Trail

Fox Hollow Trail in the FallShenandoah National Park, Virginia

I know we have spring turning into summer in just a few days but as colors popped up everywhere I don't think it is too outrageous to share a fall scene from the woods of Shenandoah National Park. And yes, even green is a color! After so many months of bare trees and prevailing grays it's a pleasure to look around the landscape these days.

Unlike many other longer and more strenuous trails in the Shenandoah National Park, the Fox Hollow Trail is short and easy with just a gradual and very moderate elevation gain. 310 feet is below average for this park where most trails starting along the Skyline Drive drop into the valleys around in a much steeper fashion.

Yet, it is a beautiful walk in the woods with opportunities to see wildlife if you happen to be there at the right time and are quiet enough.

What I really liked in this scene was the complete tree tunnel with the canopies rounding over the trail combined with the colors of the fallen leaves and both warm fall colors and greens remaining on the trees. I always love at least a hint of green in my fall photographs to set the reds and yellows off. Even the logs in the distance worked great to show the woods in all of their glory!

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Kayaking the Elevator AlleyBuffalo, NY

A beautiful Saturday morning along the Buffalo River. Clear blue sky, warm, but not too hot just yet. And lots of kayakers enjoying the just about perfect conditions.

In the first photo a couple is paddling through the Elevator Alley approaching the Perot Malting Elevator on the left, the American Grain Elevator peeking out just behind it, the Ohio Street Bridge in the distance, and the Standard Grain Elevator on the right. In the distance by the American Elevator there is a guided kayak group too learning a bit about Buffalo's history.

I usually avoid people in my landscape and urban photographs. Having photographed this location many times though a new twist seemed in order. With my camera on the tripod framing a new angle I noticed these two approaching from the Mutual Riverfront Park, changed my composition just slightly and waited for them to enter the scene. The happy colors of their kayaks matched the overall happy summer mood really well.

Elevators and TrainsStandard Grain Elevator, Buffalo River Then I continued looking for a new perspective  to show the alley differently than in my previous photographs. I liked the juxtaposition of the river and the trains parked by the Standard Elevator to show what the elevators were used for. Large boats dropped their loads of grain to be stored in the elevators. The grain was then loaded onto smaller boats heading up the Erie Canal, or trains.

From the Mutual Riverfront Park I headed over to the Buffalo Riverfront Park to check out the status of the 6-pack. Since I had photographs of the original G. L. F. silos and then the Labatt Blue 6-pack, I wanted to see what the upgraded look would be. It turns out I was a bit too early. The old logos were gone but the new ones not up yet. Just a deep blue base. But that was not a problem, it actually gave me yet another look.

And the park had an unplanned surprise for me. There was a Regatta Race in motion and Riverworks on the other side of Buffalo River was packed! I watched couple races and combined the happy boat colors with the blues of the silos for a nice photo of urban life in summer. It's really cool to see these new areas so full of life when just a few years ago they were abandoned and lifeless. So yes, another photo with people included.

Riverworks Regatta 2016Buffalo River between Riverfest and Riverworks

Riverworks Regatta 2016, Buffalo River between Riverfest and Riverworks, Buffalo, NY

Queen City Bike FerryOuter Harbor, Buffalo, NY From there, I only had one more stop: the new Outer Harbor stop of the Queen City Bike Ferry. It's a functional and fun way to connect the inner and outer harbors of Buffalo, NY. Whether you are on a bike or foot, it extends your outdoor options quite a bit. Especially on a bike, one can now start around the Union Ship Canal or Gallagher Pier and head north towards Buffalo Main Light (even though the final section is pushing bikes only) and then hop on the ferry to Canalside, and continue on the bike paths along the Niagara River.

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