Tag: Indiana Fall

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 2 – Old, Leaning House

Leaning House 1, October 24, 2023 Bean Blossom Indiana

I first photographed this small, old, abandoned, leaning house in the fall of 2022.  It is just off of the highway running through Bean Blossom and Morgantown, Indiana.  My wife and I drove past it a number of times this fall (2023) and I stopped once to photograph it, while the trees still retained most of their fall foliage.

There are other homes and buildings nearby this house, which I tried to keep as much out of the photos as possible.  That limited how I could compose these images.

Leaning House 2, October 24, 2023 Bean Blossom Indiana
Leaning House 3, October 24, 2023 Bean Blossom Indiana

As I returned across the highway to my vehicle, a woman leaving the parking lot stopped to tell me that there had been more old structures where the parking lot and a store were now located.  All those had been taken down to put in the store and parking lot.  I wish I had been around to photograph those now missing structures.

More fall photos later,

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

Indiana Fall 2022 – Rainy Day at the Cabin

During the two weeks we were in Indiana this fall, we witnessed how fleeting the beauty of fall color can be.

Fleeting, Graying Fall

These images were made from the back balcony of our cabin one rainy, misty day.  When we first arrived, those bare trees had leaves and the tree on the left was nearly all green with only slight color beginning to show at the extremities of one branch.

Rainy Gray, Fall Day
Creeping Gray
Peak, Past Peak, Gone
Rainy Day Woods
Misty Morning

Astute observers will note that these images are all of the same general scene with various compositions.  The light rain, wetting the scene, brought out the color in the gray tree trunks, bare limbs and foliage, while at the same time muting the more distant trees.

Later,

Ken

Indiana Fall 2022 – Nashville

Nashville, Indiana is the nearest town to the cabin we stay in while visiting Indiana in the fall.  It is a quaint tourist town with all that such towns offer – lots of tourist, crowds, expensive stores selling all kinds of goods, expensive restaurants, limited parking.

I am not a fan of such places, but it is always mandatory to take in some of this tourist town on each visit.  I usually end up pacing the sidewalk, while my wife shops.

Sometimes I shoot a few photographs of the local scene with my iPhone camera.

Monochrome Grass, iPhone Photo

Decorative grass and flowers are common along the streets of downtown Nashville.  The sunlight highlighting the plumes on this one inspired me to shoot it, cropping in close to exclude the street scene.

Fall Artwork, iPhone Photo

Nashville is most popular in the fall with the nearby Brown County State Park a draw for leaf peepers.  Artwork and crafts related to fall are common place.

Metallic Leaves, iPhone Photo
Almost Lunch Time, iPhone Photo
Alley Mural, iPhone Photo

This is a small portion of an alleyway wall mural.

That’s it for today,

Ken

Indiana, Fall 2022, Part 5 – Rustic Barn and Abandoned Home

Faded Red Barn

I first saw this old barn and a nearby abandoned house, while in route to another destination.  I came back a few days later to photograph these old, rustic buildings.

Quaint, Old, Abandoned Indiana Farm House

The image above was selected for Flickr’s Explore Page.

Abandoned Home and Barn 1
Quaint and Old
Abandoned Home and Barn 2
Rusty Fall

More fall in Indian 2022 later,

Ken

 

Indiana, Fall 2022, Part 4 – Indiana Backroads

Fall Backroad

I’m sure I’ve said this before, but here it is again:  Backroads are often the best way to find uncommon beauty.  Or maybe that should be common beauty, since it is all around us, but maybe taken for granted.

Stones Not Rolling
Shorts and Talls
Forest Feet
Down into the Forest
Fall Layers – Gamboge, Green and Russet
Intertwined – Vine Weave
Mossy Fork
Vine Messengers
Treeline
Pink Fall
Portal

Is this a natural scar or a portal into another world?  If a portal, would the other world be weirder than our’s today?

Until next time,

Ken