First leaves of fall after a rain shower, Community Park, Salisbury, NC
First leaves of fall after a rain shower, Community Park, Salisbury, NC

The last couple of weeks on my morning walks I’ve noticed clear signs of fall, not in the trees but on the forest floor.  Viewing the trees/forest from any distance and you can’t discern much change but the leaves falling from certain trees give away the season quickly approaching.

Local rain and dampness of the past week has enhanced the color saturation of those early fallen leaves.

A first leaf of fall, Community Park, Salisbury, NC
A first leaf of fall, Community Park, Salisbury, NC

I recently upgraded my iPhone. Not to the latest and greatest model but to the previous latest and greatest being offered free or at great discount, the iPhone5s — I’m a generation behind but a few dollars ahead.

I thought the fingerprint locking/unlocking of the iPhone5s would probably be an unreliable gimmick but dang if it’s not reliable and very effective — well done, Apple!  The on-board camera is a far step ahead of my old iPhone4 and of a quality actually usable for certain subjects.  Since I always carry my phone with me during morning walks, it’s nice to have a better camera without having to carry more gear.  These photos are from one of those walks (forgive me Paul M. for these twig photos.) :-)

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Steve Skinner
10 years ago

Great color in those wet leaves Earl.

Paul Maxim
Paul Maxim
10 years ago

Well, I’ll tell you a little secret, Earl. I think I’ve become a fan of “twig photographs” – probably because Barb takes so many of them. Not to mention the fact that I’m becoming extremely mellow in my old age. Live and let live, right? Photographically, anyway.

I definitely like the red leaf with the dark trees in the background. It’s cheerful and moody at the same time.

Speaking of iphones – I’m a little baffled by the iphone 6 phenomenon. I’m beginning to think that Apple could come out with a new one every few months and people would still stand in line for hours (or days) to get one.

Monte Stevens
10 years ago

Yes, the leaves are making their journey to the land of decay in this part of the world. Awesome photos with the new camera! :-) I still have the iphone 4. I’ve thought about spending my money and upgrading. Nah!

Paul
10 years ago
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Go, Earl!!! Makin’ a buck! :D

LensScaper
10 years ago

I love this colours in the first image – beautiful.

Paul
10 years ago

I really like that shockingly red leaf right in the foreground and the dark trees in the back – such a great contrast.

I have an iPhone 5, which will be up for renewal in February, so I’ve got a while. The only thing that would cause me to upgrade is that they last time I got a 16 GB phone and find that it’s not quite enough. 20 GB would be fine to all that I want; however, looks like there are only 16, 64, and 128 available. Sigh …

Who knows, I may just skip it and wait for the 6s, which will probably come out in March or April. ;)

Cedric Canard
10 years ago

These photos are so nice Earl. The second image is especially moody.

If some of my friends are any indication, you may find yourself using your regular camera less and less. Talking to one guy only yesterday, he admitted that he had not used his SLR in months and was shooting exclusively with his phone. The funny thing was that I hadn’t noticed a difference in the quality. I just thought he’d changed his camera’s aspect ration from 3:2 to 16:9 :)