At end of our road this morning ...

Always in the company of my camera, I had to take these this morning. 
This year’s fall colours are the best I have seen.

Looking rather spiffing …

The old tarps covering the wood shed were starting to look very tired, worn out and faded.

New tarps were bought in the spring, but it is only now after the blackberry bushes were cut back that they could be put up.

Below are the before, the intermediate and the after pictures ….

Additional feature, the Swinging Coo brought from my house in Ontario

Fall colours in Pleasantville

Random pics of the bright fall colours around the house …

Fall colours with a 10-Stop Reduction …

With no wind, overcast conditions and the fall colours at their peak, I thought it would be a good idea to dust off the ND Filters and try some more experimenting.

The photos are all taken with the ND 1000 (10-Stop Reduction) just along the road at the Islands and Rissers.

I am not sure if the long exposures add anything to the fall colours, but they do smooth out the water.

3 seconds exposure at F8

4 seconds exposure at F8

2 seconds exposure at F8

6 seconds exposure at F8

4 seconds exposure at F8

2 seconds exposure at F8

13 seconds exposure at F16

10 seconds exposure at F16

10 seconds exposure at F16

20 seconds exposure at F13

13 seconds exposure at F16

15 seconds exposure at F16

13 seconds exposure at F14

Enjoying the Fall Colours

The last couple of days have been out and about admiring the fall colours. In other years we have left it too late or been cheated out by the wind and rain stripping the trees of their colours.

The pics below taken within our local area are of the LaHave Islands and Mahone Bay. The others are from the Annapolis Valley at the Canning Look Off with the Bay of Fundy in the distance and Halls Harbour at low tide, it has a 40ft tide range.