My engagement with the scenes of fall has been extended by a simple idea. When the brilliant red maples shed their leaves, it is not over. I move in to see more closely. On a recent Sunday, I walked along Corning's riverside trails and found unexpected inspiration. Hidden in an alcove of Corning Incorporated's headquarters building were some hold-out colors reflected in the facade.
Continuing along the river, I found an unexpected wide landscape. Substitute red sumac for the maple's reds.
Now, let's get a look at what I found on another day along an abandoned farm road. Again, it's red sumac.
A bit farther along the road, I looked down and found this. This time, no reds for a change. Still works.
There doesn't need to be any catchy color, or even color at all, to speak of the second season of autumn. The killing frost earlier this week removed all green from the delicate maidenhair ferns growing in a corner of my garden.
But, I have to complete my story with a magical jumble of leaves that I found. I could never have assembled such a screen deliberately. The single feature that stopped me was the beads of water on the overturned leaf in the upper part of the frame. I recall that this was just after a brief shower.
So, this is my piece on the delights of the second season of fall. It extended my autumn.
All of these images used my recently acquired iPhone 13 Pro and the ProCamera app that extends controls greatly beyond the Apple offering.
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