2019 Fall & Autumn / Spring Photo Thread - N / S Hemisphere

Went back to the arboretum yesterday. Wanted to compare the foliage with when I was there on the 26th of September

Noticeably fewer leaves and less green than two weeks ago in this forest near me


Much more colors than last time, but some trees are almost completely bare


Sat myself by the river to have a breakfast


Pretty breakfast view


I'm not gonna make much comments this album.


You can't really tell from this image, but that birch to the left is the girthiest birch I've ever seen. My armspan would just about cross half of the birch.





Nice graveyard


Nice peak foliage




Arriving at the rapids and arboretum


I'd say this is just about peak foliage


Personally I prefer the pre-peak two weeks ago. Not as many colors, but more leaves, and I like green too.


This particular view is a bit post peak it seems


Much much much less water in the rapids this time. Don't know why. Like 60% of an average October's rain fell in the first couple of days of this month. Maybe some dam up the river idk.




In the arboretum part



Someone forgot to put out their fire after they left



I like this photo


This one too


Most of the green trees in the natural landscape won't see any colors.




Smoke from the fire. I think some (other?) people came and started using the fire though.


It was very cold. About 7'C. I wish I'd brought a fleece or a warmer jacket. I also wished I owned a pair of mittens. Headed back home around 4pm


Most maples exposed to sunlight have nice colors right now


While I took this shot, my best friend's dad popped into frame. He was on a walk with a friend and I randomly encountered him. The perspective of the image makes the trees in the middle look 200m tall, or, alternatively, my friend's dad looks small enough for me to pick up with one hand.


More photos of this part because it looks pretty



Nice maples


Nice colors on the street where I live

Bergen seems to be afflicted with the same problem as continental Europe where lots of trees just drop their leaves or turn brown instead of getting fall colors

Saskatoon's still looking good and colorful for the most part, even if a few trees have lost their leaves. I think the very warm September we had combined with the later than average end to the frost-free season has helped a lot. This will likely change this week as we have some very cold lows in the forecast.

Morningrise Surprisingly many trees that have lost leaves without getting any colors. I associate Canada with very vivid fall foliage

Also, thank you rozenn

Yeah, here's an unprocessed raw file to give perspective on the matter:


That's obviously much duller than a sunny day should look. Especially when you take RAW photos, you have to edit the photos. I obviously tried to make my photos look good when I edited them, but I tried to keep it looking natural and I didn't edit it, like making yellows appear more orange and so on, which you could do. One thing to remember as well, is that a RAW photo isn't actually a photo per se. All it is is a bunch of data that a program will then interpret. If you open a RAW photo in different programs, they'll look different because those different programs choose to interpret the data differently.

And after a few second's of editing here's what it looks like:


My edit:

Dry and sunny are good for foliage though. I know the best foliage is in the east, but I always thought the reason was just the west having more conifer trees and fewer large broadleafs. 

Coastal BC also has very vibrant fall colors, as good or better than the ones I've seen in Ontario and Quebec at this time of the year. The prairies unfortunately have fairly dull and short-lived colors compared to most other inhabited regions of Canada, not sure if it's because of climate or the particular types of trees we have, or what. As noted, we have a very dry climate out here compared to those other areas, so that might have a role to play.

A change from the autumn colours...Photos from Kalgoorlie Field Trip September 28th-October 5th 2019. Location: Mount Hunt, 15km South of Kalgoorlie. A 1.3km by 1.8km area which we mapped over the course of 5 days (and 1 intro day that covered some small areas).

Section 1: Nerdy Geology Section

15-20CM LONG MG-OLIVINE SPINIFEX BOOKS WTF


Bombs in Felsic Volcaniclastics


Outcrop of Microcrystalline Siliceous Metasediment (Chert for the non-geologists)


Section 2: Normal photos for the whole family

The Bush:




Sunset of day 3


The Super Pit (deepest open cut mine in the Southern Hemisphere going down to 600m)


Unstable weather and very cool clouds on the final day! Got some thunder and short heavy showers too, some people nearby even got to see lightning.


Me being a mong (cropped to remove a friend):

Any idea on the age of the spinifex? That's pretty awesome. Fuck, I wish Antarctica would melt so we could explore its geology as well. Just imagine what hidden treasures lay beneath all that ice.

Also, you look like a total geologist. I have one of those hats as well. It was a lifesaver in the field though!