Indiana Fall 2023, Part 12 – Backroads and Forest

More photos from an Indiana fall forest.

Dense Fall 4, Indiana, October 27, 2023
Forest Spotlight, Indiana, October 27, 2023
Basking, Indiana, October 27, 2023
Fall Shadow, Indiana, October 27, 2023
Leaves of Two, View Through, Indiana, October 27, 2023
Forest Trail 25, Indiana, October 27, 2023
Out on a Limb, Indiana, October 27, 2023
Take a Walk on the Sunny Side, Indiana, October 27, 2023
Last Stop, Indiana, October 27, 2023
Sunlight Dappled Forest, Indiana, October 27, 2023

To be continued,

Ken

Indiana Fall 2023, Part 11 – Backroads and Forest

Forest Trail 9, Indiana, October 27, 2023

I continued walking along an Indiana forest hiking trail, stopping frequently to photograph the fall foliage and woodland scenes.

Final Preparation 1, Forest Trail 11, Indiana, October 27, 2023
Final Preparation 2, Forest Trail 12, Indiana, October 27, 2023
Forest Trail 13, Indiana, October 27, 2023
Fall Woodland Trail, Forest Trail 14 – Through the Woods, Indiana, October 27, 2023
The Nest, Indiana, October 27, 2023
Dense Fall 2, Forest Trail 15, Indiana, October 27, 2023
Dense Fall 3, Forest Trail 16, Indiana, October 27, 2023
Fall Woodland Trail 2, Forest Trail 17, Indiana, October 27, 2023
Fall Woodland Trail 3, Forest Trail 18, Indiana, October 27, 2023
Forest Trail 19, Indiana, October 27, 2023

To be continued,

Ken

Indiana Fall 2023, Part 10 – Backroads and Forest

Fall Shadows, Indiana, October 27, 2023

Today I drove down backroads heading generally in the direction of a state forest and a wilderness area.  Along the way I stopped at a stream and shot a few images of the stream and wooded area around it.

Fall Creek and Reflections, Indiana, October 27, 2023
Transformation, Forest Trail 1, Indiana, October 27, 2023

Shortly after getting onto a roadway in a state forest, I parked in a pull out to have a look around.  I did not plan to stay long, but wanted to see what this area had to offer in the nearby woods.

Reds and Yellows, Forest Trail 2, Indiana, October 27, 2023

Even though it was late October, it was a warm day and mosquitos were buzzing around as I walked down an old forest roadway.  Usually, mosquitos are not a problem here at this time of the year, so I had not brought insect repellant and frequent swatting and waving off mosquitoes was a distraction.

Holding On, Forest Trail 3, Indiana, October 27, 2023

As I wandered along the faint roadway, it eventually turned into an official hiking trail.  I walked quite a way along this trail.  As I got deeper into the woods the mosquitoes became less of a problem, making stopping to shoot photos more pleasant.

Forest Trail 4, Indiana, October 27, 2023
Forest Trail 5, Indiana, October 27, 2023
Purple Fringe, Indiana, October 27, 2023
Dense Fall, Forest Trail 6, Indiana, October 27, 2023
Forest Trail 7, Indiana, October 27, 2023
Fall Fashion, Forest Trail 8, Indiana, October 27, 2023

To be continued,

Ken

Indiana Fall 2023, Part 9 – Autumn in Brown County State Park

Fall Woodland 2, Brown County State Park, October 26, 2023

This is a continuation of a morning’s shoot in Brown County State Park.  All of these images were obtained along roadways through the park.

Fall Woodland 3, October 26, 202Brown County State Park, October 26, 2023
Winding Road, Brown County State Park, October 26, 2023
Winding Road 5, Brown County State Park, October 26, 2023

This wraps up this morning’s shoot.  Tomorrow I’ll investigate other area for fall photography in this part of Indiana.

Until then,

Ken

Indiana Fall 2023, Part 8 – Autumn in Brown County State Park

Autumn 1, Brown County State Park, October 26, 2023

After my sunrise shoot in Brown County State Park, I drove around the park, stoping at various locations, walking along the roadway, shooting the autumn color.

BCSP Fall 1, Brown County State Park, October 26, 2023
BCSP Winding Road 1, Brown County State Park, October 26, 2023

I included the roadway in a number of images, mostly as a leading line, but also because the road through the forest just looked so appealing.  I hope I have not put too much of the asphalt into these images.

BCSP Winding Road 2, Brown County State Park, October 26, 2023
BCSP Winding Road 3, Brown County State Park, October 26, 2023
Autumn 2, Brown County State Park, October 26, 2023
BCSP Fall Woodland 1, Brown County State Park, October 26, 2023
Autumn 3, Brown County State Park, October 26, 2023
Fall Freckles, Brown County State Park, October 26, 2023
BCSP Winding Road 4, Brown County State Park, October 26, 2023
Autumn 4, Brown County State Park, October 26, 2023

Well, I’m back to my vehicle, so time to move on to another location,

Ken

Indiana Fall 2023, Part 7, Sunrise Sequence, Brown County State Park

Sunrise A,  Brown County State Park, October 26, 2023

I went into Brown County State Park again for sunrise photography, this time stoping at one of the overlooks.  It was another morning with scattered clouds and good cloud color.

Shooting into the bright sky and getting a good exposure of the foreground fall color is a challenge and no matter how careful one is with the exposure and filter application, post processing of the images is a must.

These sunrise images have varying exposures, filter usage and post processing, yielding variations in the colors and details.

BCSP Sunrise Sequence 1, Brown County State Park, October 26, 2023
Sunrise B, Brown County State Park, October 26, 2023
Sunrise C, Brown County State Park, October 26, 2023
Sunrise D, Brown County State Park, October 26, 2023
Sunrise E, Brown County State Park, October 26, 2023
BCSP Sunrise Sequence 2, Brown County State Park, October 26, 2023

More Brown County State Park fall images next,

Ken

Indiana Fall 2023, Part 3 – Backroad Photography

Indiana Backroad, October 24, 2023

A good way to enjoy fall color in Indiana is via a simple drive along the tree lined roadways, especially the backroads, where there are few houses or commercial facilities to spoil the views.  The roads make good leading lines, but I do worry about having too much road in the images, since the most interesting subject is not the roadway.

Indiana Backroad Forest 1, October 24, 2023

It is not always possible to find a safe place to pull over off of the roadways, but where possible, one can get fall forest images right beside the road.

Indiana Backroad Forest 2, October 24, 2023
Indiana Backroad Forest 3, October 24, 2023

Until next time,

Ken

 

 

Indiana Fall 2023, Part 1

As has become a tradition, my wife and I spent a couple of weeks in Indiana in the fall of 2023.  We stay in a cabin just a short distance outside of Brown County State Park, a popular park for fall leaf peepers.

I visited the park. on a number of our days in the vicinity, for photography and even when traveling to another destination, we most often took a route through the park just to enjoy the beautiful fall color in the park.

Brown County State Park 1, October 24, 2023
BCSP 2, October 24, 2023
BCSP  3, October 24, 2023
BCSP 4,  October 24, 2023
BCSP 5,  October 24, 2023
BCSP 6, October 24, 2023
BCSP 7, October 24, 2023

All of the photos in this post were shot at or near one of the overlooks within the park.

We had an interesting encounter at this location.  I noted a park visitor on an electric bike and I asked him about his bike.  He was kind enough to give me much information about the bike, its features and even how much he paid for it.  When my wife joined in the conversation, she discovered that the biker and she had attended the same high school.  Even though they attended the school some years apart, they knew some of the same people that were students at that school.  Such a small world consequence!

Until next time,

Ken