Fall color in central Louisiana

[lphilpot]

After a long, hot and very dry summer (we're still needing rain) there wasn't much expectation of any fall color this year. Even normally, we're pretty muted compared to places that get Real Fall Color™. This year is even less, with what we have peaking late and starting to drop off soon.

Yesterday I drove over to a local recreation area. There was nice dappled sunlight on the way, which -- of course -- turned to grey overcast once I arrived. I took a few shots and wasn't really excited about anything I captured, but the first shot below turned out much better than I expected. The second one was shot this morning at a small lake in a local wildlife management area.

Thanks.

• Canon - EOS Rebel T8i
• EF70-200mm f/4L USM
• 70.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/80 sec
• -1.7
• ISO 100

• Canon - EOS Rebel T8i
• Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro
• 40.0 mm
• ƒ/13
• 1/50 sec
• ISO 100

 

[Barbie Heid]

After a long, hot and very dry summer (we're still needing rain) there wasn't much expectation of any fall color this year. Even normally, we're pretty muted compared to places that get Real Fall Color™. This year is even less, with what we have peaking late and starting to drop off soon.

Yesterday I drove over to a local recreation area. There was nice dappled sunlight on the way, which -- of course -- turned to grey overcast once I arrived. I took a few shots and wasn't really excited about anything I captured, but the first shot below turned out much better than I expected. The second one was shot this morning at a small lake in a local wildlife management area.

Thanks.

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The heron in the first one makes the shot!

 

[lphilpot]

Yeah, I agree. A little bit larger would've been visually nice, but it didn't work out. I shot that with a 70-200 at 70mm because zooming in impacted the composition. At least there's enough contrast to see the egret. You can see how shallow the water is, though -- It's standing on the bottom, obviously...

Thanks.