Happy Halloween 2012!

Yellow Alley at Emery Park I've commented on revisiting the same locations on my pages several times (Revisit Your Locations, Revisiting Locations Revisited) and here I am again.

There is just something special about coming back. Not only is each time physically different based on season, time of day, weather, but I also look for different things. I may be interested in wide views at one time while searching for macro elements the next. I may be focusing on lines and patterns once but on color the next time.

However, even the physical differences can be rather significant in just a week or two. Especially the beautiful fall season seems to pass way too quickly. As such, you could almost visit locations each day and see differences not so subtle.

The first photo here is from October 16, 2012. Compare that to the second one taken on September 29, approximately two weeks earlier.

Emery Park Alley in Summer It's also really interesting how moving even 100 feet can result in a completely different seasonal colors. In the Emery Park (South Wales, NY), the trees around the north-eastern road trail the rest of the park by at least a week maybe two. And it is probably a reoccurring theme since even Google Maps in the satellite view show that. You can clearly see the green area surrounded by colorful foliage.

This is probably one of my last fall themed posts. The season has progressed and there is not much green around any more, trees are mostly yellow, orange, red, or bare.

Fall in Emery Park This early morning photo is actually a few days old, taken at Emery Park in South Wales, NY, not far from East Aurora or Buffalo. It was a cloudy morning just about perfect for wandering through the woods. While I did not get the light piercing through the foliage providing strong back light, I did get plenty of diffused light and some moisture in the air to saturate the colors for me.

As you can see, the creek here is a testament to the very dry summer season we've had here. I was lucky to find some water sitting there, and in one area actually found a gentle flow.

I really liked the contrast in color. The oranges and reds mostly fallen down in the creek bed while the yellow leaves still hung up on their trees. And there still was my favorite part, a gentle sprinkle of greens for color contrast and depth of the scene!

Have fun with colors while they're here!