ku # 1323 / diptych # 167 ~ autumn color in the gloaming

trees in ravine ~ near Inlet, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
trees in ravine ~ near Inlet, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen

Yesterday, during my return drive home from Rochester, I managed to find some autumn color.

This autumn the color has been spotty - some areas not much, other areas more color but rather subdued. That situation is the result of protracted warm weather - highs in the 80s - well into the third week of September. At which point many leaves were on the ground before turning color and what remained turned slowly and somewhat subdued. This condition is not a problem for me and my picture making inasmuch as I do not make very many pictures of riots of intense autumn color.

In any event, yesterday evening well after the sun had set and with a slightly overcast sky, I ventured into a ravine and discovered the color I was hoping to find.