Fall Tree

My annual Fall tree, this one taken with a 110 in 2011 with a Kodak 110 pocket camera. Camera: Kodak Ektra 200 Film: Kodak Gold 400 110 film Date: October 14th, 2011, 10.53 a.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Kodak Gold 400 11df

This is what my tree looked like in the Fall of 2012. Taken on October 14th of that year.

For The Sunday Challenge group, who's theme this week was "ground level" images. This particular tree stands at the edge of my town and each Autumn I photograph it when the leaves start turning. I've been photographing it since the 1970's. The sidewalk at the lower edge of the image ends right here in front of the lens and then drops off four or five feet to the little lane that connects to the main road that runs through town. By standing on the lane, I'm able to position myself at eye-level with the edge of the sidewalk. This is what the tree looked like for October 17th, 2012.

My Fall tree from October 17th, 2012. This is a crop of an image I just uploaded earlier today. I have used the Orton Effect and have zoomed in so that it can be seen more clearly.

Taken on October 21st, 2012. These trees are the first ones coming into my town. If you look real close at the far left, you can just see the tree I photograph every Fall when the leaves turn. That tree looked best on October 17th - these particular trees took a little longer to reach their prime.

My annual Fall tree picture was a little sparse this year because the leaves fell fast. Taken on November 1st, 2013, with my Sony Alpha SLT-a77V DSLR.

I shot my annual Fall Tree picture today. At the east side of Norris City, coming into town from Carmi and right across the street from the water tower is a tree I've been photographing each Autumn when the leaves turn. I've been doing it since the 1970's with the same tree. Five or six days ago, the leaves on this tree hadn't even starting turning yet. But, we've had some chilly nights the last week and by today, they had turned and were falling off. See the note about leaves falling off.

My annual Fall tree I photograph. It's located at the edge of my little town. Camera: Pentax K1000 Lens: SMC Pentax-A 28mm, f2.8 wide angle lens Film: Kodak Gold 200 ISO Aperture: F/11 Shutter speed: 1/125th sec. Date: October 25th, 2014, 8.59 a.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. K1000 Kodak Gold 200 03ff

A different angle for my annual Fall tree. This one was taken on October 25th, 2014.

The tree at the edge of town I photograph every Autumn. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Zoom 28-70mm, f/3.5, @60mm Film: Kodak BW400CN 400 ISO C-41 B&W Aperture: f22 Shutter Speed: "O" 1/100th of a sec. Date: October 25th, 2014, 9.22 a.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. XD11 One Rokkor BW400CN 10hf

Another shot of my Fall tree, this one was taken on October 22nd, 2015, with my Sony Alpha SLT-a77V DSLR.

This is a close-up of some of the leaves on my annual Fall tree last year. It was taken on October 21st, 2015 when they had hit their peak color. (In my opinion.)

This is my favorite view of the tree I photograph every Autumn. Been shooting it since the 1970s.

Autumn for me, first and foremost, is going back every year to this maple tree that is at the edge of my little town and photographing it when the leaves turn. I've been photographing it since 1979. I always look forward to it and then when I've taken that last shot, I find it hard to leave for another year. For the Saturday Self-Challenge Group - Autumn.

These are some of the leaves that fell off the tree I photograph every Autumn. Taken on October 27th, 2016, with my Sony SLT-a77v DSLR.

This tree is at the edge of my little town and I've been coming here for 38 years and photographing each Autumn when the leaves turn. It's almost a religious experience for me - it's a very beautiful tree.

Another view of my annual fall tree, taken on October 23rd, 2017. Camera: Minolta X-370s Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: CVS Color 400 Shooting Program: Manual Aperture: f/11 Shutter Speed: 1/60 Date: October 23rd, 2017, 2.27 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41 Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees Developer: 3 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 1 minute (to keep chemicals clean) Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 3 minutes at approx. 100 degrees Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature Water rinse: 2 minutes Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 minute Minolta 370s CVS 400 Fall Tree 2017 13ef