Autumn Tapestry

While in the Midwest this fall, I did quite a bit of scouting for fall color.  The late summer had been dry, no rain in the entire month of August.  The trees were showing stress and dropping their green leaves before turning color.  Some leaves turned brown before falling. One Saturday I spent the day with my sister and brother-in-law, we found several shots for me when color arrived.  It looked as if it would about another week or so before peak color.  As luck would have it, when I returned the color had not appeared as expected.  However, looking high in the trees I found a bit of orange hiding and I zoomed in to capture it.  When processing this photo it reminded me of a tapestry.

Autumn Tapestry
Autumn Tapestry

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Farming….Not a 9 to 5 Job

During my trip to Iowa this fall, I had the opportunity to photograph harvest season.  This was not something I had done before, but was excited to give it a whirl.  Fortunately, I have family members who are farmers and was able to shoot from inside of the cab of the combine.  There is a lot of dust and debris in the air as the combine picks the crops.

Fall in the Midwest is my favorite time of year.  Not only the changing color in the leaves, but all the hustle and bustle of harvesting the crops.

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