Autumn’s Parting Shots
03Dec20
I am always sad to see autumn pass. It’s my favorite season and it comes and goes way too fast! Although it already feels like winter here, fall is not officially over until the Winter Solstice on December 21st. With that I thought I’d squeeze in one more post to include a few stragglers I wanted to document. I’m grateful for the gifts Mother Nature bestows upon me and now, with short days, cold temps and snow on the ground, I am ready for winter’s beauty and its challenges too. So in this post I say, “farewell to autumn … until we meet again”!
‘Fall In The Valley’ © Denise Bush
‘Bright Cottonwood In Adobe Hills’ © Denise Bush
‘Autumn In The Bog’ © Denise Bush
‘Autumn Gold’ © Denise Bush
‘Inviting Aspen Path’ © Denise Bush
Filed under: Colorado, Landscape Photography | 39 Comments
Tags: aspen trees, autumn, cottonwoods, fall, photography, prints, wall art
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Oh, Fall, we will miss you. Lovely shots, Denise!!
Thanks very much Dani … appreciate your visit!
I like the last photo best. Fall is my favorite season, too, and it goes by much too fast.
Thank you! This is one of several autumn roads I have done. Each one is a little different.
Thanks for sharing autumn’s waning.
Thank you Bruce. Our autumn foliage was gone by mid October. These are some I just hadn’t processed and posted yet. 🙂
Lovely shots Denise.
Thank you! I’m pretty much caught up … that means getting out there for more!
Yes, sad to see Fall go. It was a beautiful and memorable one here on the east coast. My favorite is the first one. The lighting is really nice.
Thanks Ken. That was taken from the escarpment path along the edge of the mesa we live on. Cottonwoods grow along the meandering Dallas Creek.
Your photo of dark trunks reflected in the bog is a novel take on fall, with the warm colors coming not from the changing foliage of tall trees but from the low vegetation around the shoreline.
Whatever the calendar says, your comment tells us that climatic winter has already arrived in your part of the world.
I featured an afternoon photo of that location not too long ago. This one was shot in the morning. Yes … it has been cold 9 degrees at 6am … winter is long here.
Beautiful Denise. “Inviting Aspen Path” is my favorite!
Thanks Deb. Glad you like that one. While I have lots of other aspen paths and roads, this one is a little different. The trees look tall.
What a beautiful way to say good bye to autumn. These are wonderful pictures of autumn.
Thank you Yellow Cable … we’ll pick up where we left off next year! 🙂
Nice farewell to autumn, Denise. It does feel like it peaks and passes quickly. My favorites are ‘Inviting Aspen Path’ and I love the way ‘Autumn in the Bog’ catches the reflection of the mountains and trees, with the contrast of blue below and gold above. Lovely!
Thanks Eliza. That bog shot reminds me of South Jersey … well, except for the mountain! 🙂
The gifts Mother Nature, indeed. A beautiful fall series until next year.
Thank you, Denise for sharing.
Thank you! It will be all about snow and ice now!
I feel the same way about fall, sorry to let go. Get to hold on a bit longer with your beautiful photos!
Thanks very much Belinda! Seems like each year goes by faster and faster … autumn 2021 will be here before I know it!
Such beautiful fall colors, Denise. I love the long shadows in your lead shot and the quiet feel in your final shot. Terrific work.
Thanks Jane … that’s the last of it! Let it snow (some more)!
That’s a very pretty farewell, Denise!
Thanks for visiting and checking in with a comment Deborah!
Of course! I love your posts. Hope you have a lovely week! 😀
Ooo, I love that bog image and the big Cottonwood, too. The warm and cool colors are balanced beautifully in all of these. Have a good week, and here’s to a scenic winter for you!
Thanks Lynn! Now onto winter. 🙂
They are all stunning captures, but I wanted to share my two favorites Autumn in The Bog and Inviting Aspen Path! Love your work!!
I’m glad you like them … it was worth one last autumn post then! Thanks.
Good morning. Autumn is my favorite season too. Winter is my least favorite, though I’m no big fan of summer’s heat either. Those aspen trees that you photographed are really beautiful. That woods is a good place to spend time in. Neil Scheinin
I know what you mean about the summer heat but one plus of moving to Colorado is the summers are dry and comfortable. Winter photography is my second favorite but it’s more challenging too. I am waiting for some new snow so it looks pretty again! Thanks so much for visiting and leaving a comment Neil!
I love Fall in the Valley with those nice long autumn shadows. Autumn in the Bog and Autumn Gold too but my favorite is Inviting Aspen Path because I would like to be there and enjoying a nice Rocky Mountain hike.
Thanks very much Steve! Appreciate hearing your thoughts!
Wonderful lines and colours.
Thanks so much! I had to go back and look … yes, several are about lines. Thanks for seeing that!
You can definitely see it is the end of fall with the fading colors. I would like to walk on the path through the aspens.
Thanks Ruth. These were some shot at different times during the fall that I just hadn’t posted. The cottonwoods in the first two do turn a little later than the aspens. Perhaps I should have titled it ‘My Parting Shots of Fall’ so as not to imply fall’s parting. 😊