Fall

124 images

The stunning colors of autumn foliage announce nature's most vibrant season in this gallery of fall images featuring rural and urban scenes.

600 Fall
Aspen and Spruce
Aspen and Sumac
$Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado The "quaking" aspen term comes from the way the aspen leaves shimmer in the slightest breeze. The resulting fluttering refraction of light against a bright blue sky, particularly in the fall is very dramatic, and brings tourists to Colorado & Utah by the thousands, especially in the fall. The quaking action is actually due to the shape of the stem, which is flat and when a breeze hits the broad leaf, it results in a pivoting at the attachment point and gives the tree is characteristic motion. A tree full of leaves undergoing this motion has a characteristic whispering sound. Taken with the sight of quivering leaves and an earthy smell to a thick stand of aspens, it makes for a profoundly memorable experience in the American West. This picture was taken after a wind storm in late fall caused a massive leaf fall in this part of the Rio Grande National Forest, near Creede, Colorado. The leaves had literally just fallen with the last 2 hours onto this beaver pond. I was able to photograph them before they deteriorated visibly. I kept hearing a loud crashing sound in the understory about 50 yards to my right, but continued intently shooting. I suddenly heard a voice from the four wheel drive road about 30 yards behind me. "Hey! Did you know there is a bull Moose just below you?", said a kind passerby. I immediately raced to pack up my gear and high tail it back to my car. Meeting a bull Moose in the wild during the fall rut is a very dangerous experience. The bulls are not happy to say the least.$

Aspen Drops
$Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado The "quaking" aspen term comes from the way the aspen leaves shimmer in the slightest breeze. The resulting fluttering refraction of light against a bright blue sky, particularly in the fall is very dramatic, and brings tourists to Colorado & Utah by the thousands, especially in the fall. The quaking action is actually due to the shape of the stem, which is flat and when a breeze hits the broad leaf, it results in a pivoting at the attachment point and gives the tree is characteristic motion. A tree full of leaves undergoing this motion has a characteristic whispering sound. Taken with the sight of quivering leaves and an earthy smell to a thick stand of aspens, it makes for a profoundly memorable experience in the American West. This picture was taken after a wind storm in late fall caused a massive leaf fall in this part of the Rio Grande National Forest, near Creede, Colorado. The leaves had literally just fallen with the last 2 hours onto this beaver pond. I was able to photograph them before they deteriorated visibly. I kept hearing a loud crashing sound in the understory about 50 yards to my right, but continued intently shooting. I suddenly heard a voice from the four wheel drive road about 30 yards behind me. "Hey! Did you know there is a bull Moose just below you?", said a kind passerby. I immediately raced to pack up my gear and high tail it back to my car. Meeting a bull Moose in the wild during the fall rut is a very dangerous experience. The bulls are not happy to say the least.$

Aspen Drops BW
Aspen Leaves and Frost
Aspen Lumens
Aspen Sky Viewc.tif
Aspen Sun and Shadows
Aspen Window
Autumn Leaves and Pon..tion
Blue River Glade
Blue Spruce and Aspens
Bluestem Stone
Bond Falls
Brush Ash Fall
Buckeye Fall Reds
Burning Burr Oak
Burr Oak Sunset
Burr Oak, Crops and G..sses
Canada Wild Rye Dew
Canada Wild Rye Switch
Castor River Shut-In
Castor Waterfall
Cottonwood and Sumac ..aves
Cottonwood Curves
Cottonwood Fire Line
Cottonwood Skeletons
Downtown Maple
East Prairie First Frost
East Prairie Treeline..Dawn
East Ridge Tapestries
East Zion Maple
East Zion Textures
Elephant Lichens
Emerald Pool Falls
Fall Aspen Forest
Fall Christ Scientist
Fall Ecosystem
Fall Firemen Fountain
Fall Flinthills Aerial
Fall Maple Dance
Fallen Aspen Leaf
Fleming Park Maples
Flinthills Pond
Flinthills Rock Fence..torm
Fork in the Road
Four Aspen Pillars
Frost to Warmth
Frosted Grass Bundles
Glade Top Fall Color
Glade Top Trail Sunrise
Gone to Seed
Ha Ha Tonka Spring
Jacomo Sunrise
K for Konza
Kakabika Falls
Kansas Maple
Kolob Terrace Pan
Konza Cottonwood Valley
Konza Fall Color Radiance
Konza Fall Curves
Konza Patterns
Konza Pre White Man
Konza Road to the Sky
Liberty Fall Maple Drive
Limestone Maple
Loess Hill Fall
Loess Hills and Corn ..ield
Loess Hills and Farm
Loose Maples
Loose Park Pond
Majors McCoy Bridger
Maple Woods Tapestry
Moore and Nelson
Mt. Sneffels Falls Color
Nelson Ginkgos
Nelson Golden Gingkoes
Nelson Shuttlecock
Nichols Detail
North Creek Channel
North Fork Autumn
Oak Reach for Grasses
Opportunity
Paddy Creek
Palmer Creek Heaven
Palmer Creek Shadow Lines
Palmer Morning Frost
Palmer Panoramic
Palmer Shadow Arcs
Palouse Barn
Pomona Waterfall
Red Aspen
Red Maple at Pickle Creek
Red Wheat
Ripley Lake
Rock and Fall Dogwood
Rounded Rock Fence
San Juan Fall
Schoolhouse Fall