A few fall colors from Seattle and Portland

coscorrosa

The first four shots are from the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle. I woke up at sunrise after 3-4 hours of sleep and a 3 hour drive and wasn't really feeling it. The last two shots are from the Portland Japanese Gardens when I was feeling it (these were taken between some waterfall shots in the gorge), but it was *pouring* rain, and I couldn't keep my lenses (or anything else) dry enough even for a short exposure. The rain really made the colors pop though I wish it would have stopped for a little while after it got everything wet.

Anyway, with those qualifiers, here are the photos, probably my last set of new photos for awhile.

#1:



#2:



#3:



#4:



#5:



#6: The water on my lens did a half-Orton for me, so I did the other half in Photoshop. Not sure if it works or not.

dlplumer

#5 in this set is a clear winner (in my eyes).

Enjoy your deserved rest while the rest of us try to do something that begins to approach the excellence bar that you have set this year Congratulations on all your marvelous work Ron.

I for one am off to Moab with my better half. You all know how that is, especially when she does not shoot.

It's going to be cold, but hopefully the weather will allow me to get some purdy shots.

Later,

Dan

coscorrosa

dlplumer wrote:

#5 in this set is a clear winner (in my eyes).

Enjoy your deserved rest while the rest of us try to do something that begins to approach the excellence bar that you have set this year Congratulations on all your marvelous work Ron.

I for one am off to Moab with my better half. You all know how that is, especially when she does not shoot.

It's going to be cold, but hopefully the weather will allow me to get some purdy shots.

Later,

Dan

Thanks Dan - much appreciated. I *do* know how that is which is why I usually go solo on these trips

Have fun in Moab, Arches is really cool. And like I mentioned before, watch out for the suicidal bunnies at Canyonlands, they wait for your car to get close before running in front of it.

Picture North Carolina

#5! By far! !

Tango

all are amazing....

I really like #1 and its layout

ront

I have to agree with Dan. All of these photos are nice, but #5 is really nice!! I am sure enjoying your fall photos with all of the nice colors, because we seemed to have missed out on all of the color this year.

Ron

coscorrosa

AaronNelson wrote:

all are amazing....

I really like #1 and its layout

Thanks, it took me about 45 seconds to arrange that scene

Eia

Stunning - I love the colors!!! #2 and 5 are my fave and I like the finish on the last! Really lovely set!

redleash

#5 gets my vote too--very nicely done! I must've missed some posts somewhere, Ron--why are you taking a break? I love your work so (selfishly) I hope it's not a longgggg break. Thanks for sharing so much of your beautiful area and marvelous talent. Looking forward to more whenever that is!

All the best,
Lauren

kdog

Great captures, Ron. I like 2 and 5 the best.

-joel

Mark Ledingham

Absolutt stunners - all of them! I particularly like #1 & 5. The colors are just gorgeous.

coscorrosa

redleash wrote:

#5 gets my vote too--very nicely done! I must've missed some posts somewhere, Ron--why are you taking a break? I love your work so (selfishly) I hope it's not a longgggg break. Thanks for sharing so much of your beautiful area and marvelous talent. Looking forward to more whenever that is!

All the best,
Lauren

Dan was referring to a facebook post so you didn't miss anything

I've been shooting at a ridiculous pace since basically June. I just need to take a break so I don't get burnt out, and so I can tend to things that I've completely neglected (which is just about everything but photography). I can't remember the last weekend I spent at home when I wasn't on-call for example.

I'm not going anywhere, just slowing the pace down a little bit. Summer and Autumn are always the busiest times of the year.

Thanks to all for your comments!

thapamd

Totally awesome colors and comps, as usual! Great job!

redleash

I'm all in favor of taking a break to avoid burnout--and sometimes it's hard to know when to do that. I hope you get some rest and are able to regenerate your batteries over the winter. But do shoot an occasional snowflake for me, will ya?

Lauren