Low Winter Sun on the Rails to Trails, Fultondale

As the winter sun daily rises lower in the southern sky, the splashes of color that the are landmark of autumn's arrival begin to peter out and become scarce. The shadows deepen and the light takes on a colder hue.

A low winter Sun illuminates that last Autumn Colors

on the Rails to Trails at Black Creek Park, Fultondale, Alabama

Spring Has Sprung and Fall Has Fell, Part 3

In order to make sure credit is given where it is due, I must recognize that this photograph would not have been taken had not Darby gotten a wild hair about her and taken off down a side trail on Black Creek Park's Rails to Trails. There is seemingly no accounting for her urges, but once in a while, I find myself grateful for them.

White Oak Leaves Lying Nestled on the Forest Floor in Fultondale, Alabama

Also found in the "Flora" Gallery, here

Spring Has Spring and Fall Has Fell, Part 2

The last vestiges of Color cling to a Sweetgum Leaf amidst a dreary Winter Pallet

on the Rails to Trails at Black Creek Park in Fultondale, Alabama

Spring Has Spring and Fall Has Fell, Part 1

A Sweetgum Leaf stands out against the seasonal carnage in late Autumn

on the Rails to Trails at Black Creek Park in Fultondale, Alabama

This photo can be found in the "Flora" gallery, here.

Warm Autumn Colors decorate the Sipsey River

Warm Autumn Colors decorate the Sipsey River in the Sipsey Wilderness, Bankhead National Forest. This and other photos of the Sipsey Wilderness can be found in the "Alabama the Beautiful" gallery.

Morning Mist in Monochrome, Bibb County, Alabama

Morning Mist in Monochrome in rural Bibb County, Alabama

Misty Golden Pastures in Morning Light, Bibb County

One of my favorite things about Autumn is the early morning fogs that can be seen settling in the valleys and around the crests of Alabama's hill country. This golden pasture was seen in rural Bibb County, Alabama.

Blue Morning Glory Blooming in Early Autumn

Last of the Morning Glory blooming in early Autumn

at Black Creek Park, in Fultondale, Alabama

Family Outing on a Hazy Morning, Rails-to-Trails

Family Outing in the Cool, Hazy Light of an Early, Autumn Morning

at the Rails-to-Trails at Black Creek Park, Fultondale, Alabama

Shrugging off Autumn's Shroud in Guntersville

Giving Way to Winter, Lake Guntersville, Guntersville, Alabama

Autumn is faithfully giving way to Winter on the banks of Lake Guntersville on the Tennessee River, in Guntersville, Alabama.

On a recent work-related trip to Guntersville, I paused long enough to notice that the seasons are continuing to shift, and the trees are shrugging off their autumn shrouds.

Autumn Landscape in Walker County, Alabama

Pond in Walker County in an Autumn Landscape

Highly Dynamic Pond in Walker County, Alabama

There was a lot of color and contrast in this scene that I really wanted to bring out. And with the clouds being so bright and the foliage being significantly darker, the best way to go seemed to be multi-exposure bracketing that is often known as HDR. 

This is one of several photographs made on a visit to Marion County. All this driving around the state for work-related purposes, really seems to be working in my photographic favor.

Pond with Autumn Foliage and a Cloudy Sky in early November, Walker County, Alabama

Multi-Flavored Autumn Reflection, Shelby County

Autumn Foliage, Reflection in a Pond in Shelby County, Alabama

Autumn at Elmwood

After dropping Anna off at work yesterday morning, I had some time before I would be able to get into the office, so I did what any normal person would do in that situation on a rainy morning...went to the cemetery. I had driven through Elmwood Cemetery, located in western Birmingham, briefly about five years ago and hadn't been back since. 

Since I wasn't planning on this little side trip, and wasn't in my own vehicle, I didn't have the camera I generally keep in the car. My only photographic device was my iPhone, so I was glad to have already experimented with it at the Wheeler Wildlife Refuge on Friday.

Aside from Elmwood being a really old cemetery, and thus having some nifty monuments and tombstones, it also has some really large old trees that are currently holding and shedding some vibrant foliage.

Other posts involving the photographing of cemeteries include: Greenwood Cemetery Vol. I and Vol. II, and Johnson Cemetery in the Sipsey Wilderness.

Festive Fall Fireworks

Pretty soon, it's going to be boring, drab ole' winter, 

so enjoy these colorful bursts of foliage autumn provides.

Autumnal Equinox