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Yes, there are a lot of brown leafed trees, and some species have shed/been stripped by wind...but there is some remarkable late color in slightly lower elevations. Add in this stretch of Outstanding October weather, a Carolina blue sky, and one should get out and walk around and look, this weekend!
Shot this early this afternoon on the 18th green at Laurel Ridge CC, Waynesville. ~ 3000 ft elevation.
Canon 40D, 15-85 IS lens, ISO 1200, f14, 100th sec, hand held, slight clean up in Adobe Lightroom 5.
GL, mD
Yes, there are a lot of brown leafed trees, and some species have shed/been stripped by wind...but there is some remarkable late color in slightly lower elevations. Add in this stretch of Outstanding October weather, a Carolina blue sky, and one should get out and walk around and look, this weekend!
Shot this early this afternoon on the 18th green at Laurel Ridge CC, Waynesville. ~ 3000 ft elevation.
Canon 40D, 15-85 IS lens, ISO 1200, f14, 100th sec, hand held, slight clean up in Adobe Lightroom 5.
GL, mD
You just can't beat that Carolina blue!!! Look up, look down, look all around, there is something there!!! ( I have the 40D too)
Yeah, I think maybe it's not the greatest year, but you should still see some leaves this weekend. I generally like to go around this time and it's usually pretty good, occasionally a little past peak. I like a mix of red and yellows. The orangey leaves are my fave. I think September was not the best weather for producing brilliant foliage. I know down the mountain here in Chapel Hill it seemed like it rained all of Sept. I believe drier weather and cool nights produces the best color.
Here, south of Asheville, foliage colors are muted (our peak color occurs just prior to/around Halloween) - also, color seems to unfolding later this year - (like Chapel Hill above) we rec'd a ton of rain late summer. Fall so far has been delightfully warm, without significant cold or freezing temps. I'd say will have color until Thanksgiving (unless there's a sharp cold snap/high wind/storms with a frontal passage).
Last edited by drfranklin; 10-24-2014 at 06:21 AM..
Cool link. Thanks for posting. Did y'all have a lot of rain in Sept, too? I was sick most of the month and it seemed like it was rainy and gloomy all month long.
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Yellows and oranges, remember, exist all along, but the trees synthesize red anthocyanin from sugars they make in the fall. So in August and September, bright days — which encourage sugar production, which in turn spurs anthocyanin — and cool nights — which slows sap, keeping it in leaves instead of flowing back into the trees — mean plenty of bright reds to complement the other colors. A dry month helps — less water inhibits nitrogen uptake, which in turn spurs anthocyanin production. Poor soil can yield the same result.
Color is dim everywhere in the mountains and down in the piedmont too (In Raleigh) and things are changing late. We had better get these leaves off the trees before the winter storms hit because if not. Somebody is going to loose a whole lot of power. I just hope it's not me. :l
mlhm5, can you tell me where this photo is taken? Where is the gorgeous swath of color captured??
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Look up, look down, look all around, there is something there!!! ( I have the 40D too)
