Autumn in Washington State

coscorrosa

From assorted places within 2 hours of Seattle (Snoqualmie River #1, Washington Park Arboretum #2-5, Kubota Gardens #6, and random locations along US-2 on the way to Leavenworth #7-13).

There's at least two more weeks of color, after which I'll drop dead of exhaustion

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Swartzy

Ooooooo Baby! I am so digging those colors! Beautiful dude....just beautiful.

Jack'll do

Awesome Ron. Impossible to pick a favourite as they all occupy 1st place IMO.

Darren Troy C

#5 & #11

#11 (try and see if you can edit out the electrical lines in the BG) Way to good of a moody feel to let those draw your eye in.

:ivar

bryanj87

:jawdrop Ow, my jaw hurts from hitting the floor.

Another incredible series. #11 is simply breathtaking.

CWSkopec

#5 =

All are great, as usual, but 5 is AWESOME!!

Awais Yaqub

Tango

#3 is my fav, Ron your just like the energizer bunny.....

ront

Awesome pictures as always. I very much like #9 and #11!!

Ron

Dee

Beautiful!

kdog

I agree with the others. You just continue to hit them out of the park, Ron. Those back-lit trees are to die for. Keep 'em coming.

-joel

GOLDENORFE

wonderfull series Ron, like #11 best but hard call!
our colours just getting started now.
phil

jamesl

Great job! Every one of these is wonderful.

One thing I really missed while shooting fall colors in Colorado was the reds. Lots and lots of yellows there, but not many reds. Looks like I need to come to Oregon sometime.

James

coscorrosa

Thanks for the comments everyone!

I agree that the power lines on #11 should be removed, this was the 17th best composition I had for that scene but unfortunately 1-16 wouldn't work because of other obstacles (power poles, buildings). I figured I could remove the power lines later and promptly forgot about them as you see. It was taken at sunrise yesterday, I had no intention of taking a sunrise shot, I just wanted to leave early enough so that when I got to my destination(s) the light wouldn't be as harsh. But when I saw the fog I scrambled for about 15 minutes looking for a spot to set up.

Almost all of the native deciduous trees in Washington go yellow/gold (we even have a conifer (the larch) that thinks its a deciduous tree and turns yellow and drops all its needles), the reds are either from planted trees (like the Japanese maples at the arboretum) or from shrubs/bushes like huckleberry which turn red in early October at the higher elevations.

Nacho

Ron, awesome shots, and such vibrant color. I like them all, but #5 does pull me in and hold me. I think it is because I like that kind of close shot and isolation. The leaf speaks tons to me. I truly appreciate your photos Ron, thanks.

gassho,

Nacho

coscorrosa

Nacho wrote:

Ron, awesome shots, and such vibrant color. I like them all, but #5 does pull me in and hold me. I think it is because I like that kind of close shot and isolation. The leaf speaks tons to me. I truly appreciate your photos Ron, thanks.

gassho,

Nacho

Thanks! I did the same type of shot last year, basically I found a bunch of leaves, and then found a main subject leaf and turned it around and carefully arranged them all together (yeah, it's cheating). The shot is a merge of 3 exposures. The great thing about autumn is that even after the leaves fall there's a lot to shoot

anwmn1

again


Just another spectacular series from you.

I am heading that way in March how much notice do you need to ensure I can shoot with you?

coscorrosa

anwmn1 wrote:

again


Just another spectacular series from you.

I am heading that way in March how much notice do you need to ensure I can shoot with you?

A few hours would be nice Assuming I'm not on-call (about one week every month) and it's a weekend there's good chance I'll be out shooting anyway. Not exactly sure what stuff to shoot in March (Olympic National Park should be good, both the rainforest and the beaches, the standard Seattle skylines, several waterfalls). The daffodil and tulip fields bloom in April, and most higher elevation trails will still be under snow, but there's still plenty of stuff out there.

work2fish

Absolutely stunning shots!

Dooginfif20

where in washington do you live? i am on whidbey island and id love to shoot with you sometime since i am new to photography. send me a pm sometime! i was just completely blown away by your shots!

coscorrosa

Dooginfif20 wrote:

where in washington do you live? i am on whidbey island and id love to shoot with you sometime since i am new to photography. send me a pm sometime! i was just completely blown away by your shots!

Thanks! I'm in Bellevue, my shooting schedule is rather chaotic and highly impulsive, so don't expect more than a few minutes notice if any

There's a lot of northwest photographers on dgrin, we should probably do an informal shootout at some point. If anyone wants to organize it, sign me up!

Dooginfif20

coscorrosa wrote:

Thanks! I'm in Bellevue, my shooting schedule is rather chaotic and highly impulsive, so don't expect more than a few minutes notice if any

There's a lot of northwest photographers on dgrin, we should probably do an informal shootout at some point. If anyone wants to organize it, sign me up!

I think I would love that actually! I am very new to photography so I doubt I would produce anything mind blowing like yours though! Do you ever come up here and shoot near Whidbey Island?

Aaron Jors

Great shots and colors.

coscorrosa

Dooginfif20 wrote:

I think I would love that actually! I am very new to photography so I doubt I would produce anything mind blowing like yours though! Do you ever come up here and shoot near Whidbey Island?

No, I haven't (yet). I've been meaning to check out Deception Pass and surroundings, but the closest I got was Anacortes (heading to the San Juans). There's so many awesome parts of the state that I haven't been too let alone photographed. I'm envious of all that shoreline though...

Dooginfif20

coscorrosa wrote:

No, I haven't (yet). I've been meaning to check out Deception Pass and surroundings, but the closest I got was Anacortes (heading to the San Juans). There's so many awesome parts of the state that I haven't been too let alone photographed. I'm envious of all that shoreline though...

well if you ever decide to shoot up at Whidbey Island shoot me a pm with atleast a half days notice and we can meet up and you can show me the pro moves!