Fall forest, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh

Landscape Photography: Fall Forest

Autumn is my favourite season. I just love the colours. Unfortunately, the fall foliage is now gone and the trees are bare. We will have to wait a few months for colourful natural landscapes again.

Fall forest, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh — I like the challenge of finding interesting compositions (i.e arrangement of trees). It is harder than it looks.

Fall forest, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh — Getting closer can make it easier .

Fall forest, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh — I shot several versions of this photo. I also used multiple exposures in camera and panning after taking this shot (coming in a forthcoming blog post).

Fall forest, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh — Another pleasing arrangement of trees

Fall forest, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh — I wasn’t sure about the branch on the left hand side of the frame in the previous picture, so I moved to the right and tried this composition

Fall forest, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh — I really enjoying observing how the colours evolve from day to day. A few days later, you may not have been able to take that photo as a lot of the leaves would have fallen.

Fall forest, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh — Somewhat unconventional framing, breaking the rule of thirds.

Fall forest, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh — Another experiment. Moving close to the foliage to use it as the foreground with the forest as background. Wish I had tried a longer focal length, but on this day, I travelled light.

I really like the forest in Blackford Hill, Edinburgh. And every year is different. I know I could spend a lot more time photographing there than I do now.

Fall forest, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh — Vertical composition of an earlier photo.

Fall forest, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh — I was attracted to the beautiful yellow leaves. That was rather early in the fall season

Fall forest, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh — Another “early” pic. Just loved the few orange/red branches to contrast with the remaining green leaves.

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