Fillmore Glen Autumn
The first week of November 2020 I posted a series of photographs from Fillmore Glen from the Canon 5D Mark IV. Today, I present a series of photographs from the same day using the Sony Alpha 700 dslr using a variable 18-200 mm lens.
dramatic skies from Saguaro National Park
November is a special time for the ranges and basins of southern Arizona deserts. Climb a bajada of foothills, face west and wait for the sunset. That is what I did this day, November 3, 2005. East of Tucson the Saguaro National Monument at the foot of the Rincon Mountain Wilderness is where I parked, unpacked the photo gear and climbed the side of the Tanque Verde Ridge for a favorable view. Weather was pushing high level moisture from the west, clouds were developing.
You see here a shot from that session. In the distance, looking across Tanque Verde, are the Santa Catalina mountains. Months since the last rainfall, the giant Saguaros are using internal moisture reserves drawn up from a shallow root system, the flesh is less plump, the supporting structure of the ribs, always evident, are more pronounced. The last light catches these ribs in relief against a dramatic sky.
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recapitulation
On Lick Brook, Thayer Preserve, still pools become mirrors at low flow during a dry autumn.
still
On Lick Brook, Thayer Preserve, still pools become mirrors at low flow during a dry autumn.
maple leaves, mostly
Bedrock on which Lick Creek flows, formed 370 million years ago from sediment of a vast inland sea, is a soothing grey-blue backdrop to autumn leaves.
movement
Maple leaves in varying states of decay.
on display
Crisp maple leaves among hemlock roots on the bank of Lick Brook, Thayer Preserve
Hemlock Roots
Crisp maple leaves among hemlock roots on the bank of Lick Brook, Thayer Preserve
color pallet
Crisp maple leaves among hemlock roots on the bank of Lick Brook, Thayer Preserve
…on the wall
On Lick Brook, Thayer Preserve, still pools become mirrors at low flow during a dry autumn.
