Mid October in the Garden

[AlanLichty]

Fall in the Pacific NW comes a bit later than places at higher elevation and colder temperatures. We typically are just getting started for fall color right about mid October and I decided to try to match today's date with an archive shot from the Portland Japanese Garden from 2009 on October 18th. This was a nice colorful scene but was eclipsed by the color shows I got on the following Sundays and never got processed. Taken from the Moonbridge looking downstream.

C&C always welcome.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Magical.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Nice color and I like your composition

 

[AlanLichty]

Magical.

Thanks Ben.

Nice color and I like your composition

Thanks Jameel - hard to go wrong with this viewpoint in the garden. The colors from this same viewpoint two weeks later were insane which is why this capture never got processed.

 

[Beth]

cool little stream with the rock and reflections. love the bright yellow and dark purple leaves, too.

 

[AlanLichty]

cool little stream with the rock and reflections. love the bright yellow and dark purple leaves, too.

Thanks - this viewpoint was always one of my stopping points in this garden and never left me disappointed no matter the season.

 

[JimFox]

Maybe I need to drive there!

Nice one Alan.

 

[AlanLichty]

Maybe I need to drive there!

Nice one Alan.

Thanks Jim - last week of October and the first week of November are our usual peak for colors. The Japanese Garden has a lot more color than our conifer forests although there is more diversity in the forests.

 

[Dean]

Alan, love your garden shots I have seen many over the years.This one is beautiful and I particularly like the reflection of yellow in the FG.

 

[AlanLichty]

Alan, love your garden shots I have seen many over the years.This one is beautiful and I particularly like the reflection of yellow in the FG.

Thanks Dean!