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Winter Leaves are Brown and Crunchy

kap0w — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 15:23:48 +0000

Last year I took a bunch of pictures of fallen leaves while they were red and yellow and gorgeous and such. I will admit that the short time between summer and pouring rain is pretty beautiful in the Pacific Northwest.

This year I wanted to do something different. Well… either different or I was asleep at the switch while things were so colorful. No – it was on purpose. I swear. After the colors comes the crunch:

Camera & Lens	Canon EOS REBEL T1i (Canon) & EF50mm f/1.8 II	Shutter:	1/800 s
Creation Date:	2010:11:21 14:07:45	Aperture:	f/2.5
Artist:	Ari Brown	ISO:	400
Exposure Mode:	Aperture priority	Focal Length:	50 mm

There is something to be said for these leaves too. What they lose in beauty they more than make up in character. You can just hear the crunch, yeah? One more shot, same style, different background:

Favorites? #1 or #2? I go between. I like the framing of the second but I like the vibrancy of the first.

Winter Leaves are Brown and Crunchy is a post from: Ari Takes Pictures

A Trail Of Terror

kap0w — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:49:27 +0000

I don’t have much to say today.

Camera & Lens	Canon EOS REBEL T1i (Canon) & EF50mm f/1.8 II	Shutter:	1/100 s
Creation Date:	2009:10:31 14:37:37	Aperture:	f/4.0
Artist:	Photographer: Ari Brown	ISO:	100
Exposure Mode:	Normal program	Focal Length:	50 mm

It’s Halloween, it’s been beautiful and sunny and now it’s turning dark and spooky right on schedule. Have a good night out there. Don’t do anything too spooky. Happy Halloween.

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Autumn Leaves In Seattle

kap0w — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:54:48 +0000

Seattle has seasons. Specifically fall. Some years it happens fast as the leaves turn orange and red and are immediately ripped from the branches and thrust into the storm drains to form lakes by torrential rain. Some years you get a little time to enjoy things before bad weather takes it all away. All I know is that I’m from Southern California. This doesn’t happen there. Palm fronds are green or dead – they are never orange or yellow.

It’s quite cliche, but it’s hard not to appreciate when you see it in person. There are plenty of great sites of tree-covered hillsides or trees lining streets, but I think it’s easy to overlook just how amazing each leaf can be up close.

Camera & Lens	Canon EOS REBEL T1i (Canon) & EF50mm f/1.8 II	Shutter:	1/60 s
Creation Date:	2009:10:20 19:56:22	Aperture:	f/7.1
Artist:	Photographer: Ari Brown	ISO:	100
Exposure Mode:	Manual	Focal Length:	50 mm

They’re all cool, different, etc. I think all of these are maples, but there’s birch and aspen and all kinds of picturesque-sounding things up here. I’ve got more – really! Be sure to hit the jump to see them all.

Here’s another:

I’ve got two more – hit the gallery below.

2010.12.15: Update – For this year, see how they look all brown and crunchy.

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