Figure 1 – Fall on the pond at the Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge, Maynard, MA. (c) DE Wolf 2016.

A friend and reader wrote me yesterday in response to my photograph of the fall foliage at the Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge. She is traveling in Europe and asked me to save some of the fall color for her. Well i went off into the woods again this morning and well, Jane, I’m a little worried that I’m eating it all up!

It was a picture perfect [sic] day this morning. There was gorgeous long golden light, blue skies, and so many leaves falling that I even tried t capture the scene in a little video on my IPhone. You pass another walker and you greet them with a big smile. Well, I always do that, only here when you are not fighting mosquitos the act seem a little more sincere.

So this morning I found myself delighted by the image of Figure 1. I am starting to realize, to understand, that fall is more than vivid reds and yellows against crisp azure skies. There are also wonderful pastel tones, cyans and magentas, that seem to give the season a contrasting, complementing pallet.

Canon T2i with EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM lens at 100 mm, ISO 1600, Aperture Priority AE Mode 1/1250th sec at f/7.1 with -1 exposure compensation.