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 stormdrains 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.
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Canon EOS REBEL T1i (Canon) & EF50mm f/1.8 II |
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1/60 s |
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2009:10:20 19:56:22 |
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f/7.1 |
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Photographer: Ari Brown |
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100 |
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Manual |
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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.
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Tags: autumn, colors, fall, leaf, leaves, seasons, tree
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I just returned from two days, primarily featuring the drive from Seattle to Corvallis and then back again in quick succession. It wasn’t too bad, except for that traffic part. Got to see some great things along the way, including the wedding that we were going for, but the trees weren’t bad either. Oregon rest stops, well done.
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Canon EOS REBEL T1i (N/A) & no lens info |
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1/400 s |
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2009:08:23 10:02:23 |
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f/4.5 |
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Ari Brown |
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100 |
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N/A |
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28 mm |
Tags: HDR, oregon, reststop, tree
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You might have heard a thing or two about goats. About how they eat just about everything. A goat herder recently told me that you fence the goats in, and then anything you want saved, you fence that off too. I guess the 6 foot tall wood fence wasn’t enough of a hint that the juniper landscaping belonging to the folks that payed 600 grand for their townhouses next door was off limits.
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Canon EOS REBEL T1i (Canon) & EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM |
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1/200 s |
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2009:08:03 17:12:14 |
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f/5.6 |
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Photographer: Ari Brown |
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200 |
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Normal program |
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65 mm |
Yep. Goats get hungry. So it goes.
By the way, I know I haven’t been posting much. I got this great new camera, which required me to also rebuild my computer to handle the massive files it spews, but other than that, I’ve got no real excuse. It just hasn’t been happening. Let’s pretend that it’s been my insistence that only the highest quality, primo shit makes it to the website. Yeah. That’s totally why.
Tags: animals, eat, goats, juniper, tree
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Here is another TtV collage from the same set as this guy. I’m still thinking about the layout that I like best. Something linear with a slight curve like the last post looked really good to me, but there is something about the vertical and slightly haphazard orientation here that I like as well. Just like everything else, an interesting subject doesn’t hurt.
An improvement? I’m not sure. If you like this one I have another one of the fence in the background. Maybe I’ll post that next.
Tags: arboretum, collage, Through The Viewfinder, tree
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Seattle doesn’t rain as often as most other people think, but days are short and gray most of the year. Spring is the time when things are different up here. I saw this tree on my walk up the hill and I’m sure it’s been this way forever, but spring is when I notice.
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Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT (Canon) & 24.0-105.0 mm |
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1/50 s |
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2009:05:16 12:19:49 |
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f/4.0 |
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Ari Brown |
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35 mm |
It also doesn’t hurt that the return of the sun means that there is actual natural light outside. I really like low-light and different lighting techniques, but nothing does for colors what natural light does.
Tags: heart, spring, tree
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