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Rocinante Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 02:50 AM
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Anyone have pretty Fall leaves yet?
here in Tn the maples are just turning. I hope to get some good pictures this year.
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NJCher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 02:55 AM
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1. just starting here!
I'm getting pictures, too! My idea is to take a photo of one grove of trees each week, which I pass on my way to work. Then put the photos together using Photoshop. It will be a record of the leaves turning until they drop.


Cher
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Rocinante Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 03:19 AM
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6. Have you ever
panned your camera and taken a panoramic photo that way? I mean take all the photos and cut them at the right places and then glue them together. It works better than you may think, of course you have to photograph all that stuff pasted together. I'm from the old school.
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 02:31 PM
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12. That was the only way to handle the Grand Canyon
Pocket cameras are best for this in my experience. Easier to pan the itty-bittier the camera, I guess.
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Feanorcurufinwe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 02:56 AM
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2. It's been fall here for a month
I love the sweet smell of all the rotting leaves!
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Rocinante Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 03:00 AM
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3. I love Autumn
Edited on Sat Oct-11-03 03:11 AM by gore42004
sorry I meant to post that under feanorcurufinwe. Sure hope I spelled that right.:-)
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OneTwentyoNine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 05:27 PM
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18. Yep,natures apology for Summer
Been rainy this fall but beautiful. Summer was hot and humid.

David
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jono Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 03:10 AM
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4. Starting to
We'll be taking a scenic autumn drive on Sunday.
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Rocinante Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 03:14 AM
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5. That sounds nice
we like to drive through the Smokies whenever we get a chance.
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MaineDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 07:13 AM
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7. Big "leaf peeper" weekend here
Cars and busses everywhere!

We're a few days shy of peak color, I'd say. It's quite beautiful.
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maxanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 09:27 AM
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8. here in the White Mountains of NH
we are at near peak foliage. It's a spectacular show this year!! Plenty of rain this summer, and cold nights & warm days - the leaves are glorious.

I did a lot of driving this week - and the drive north on a clear day, with the foliage blazing in the higher elevations was really spectacular. In one place on the road north, the view opens up, and you could see the first snow on top of Mt. Washington - all the out of state cars were doing about 25 mph with their mouths open. Really fun to watch.

The Kancamaugus Highway is stellar this weekend - as is Crawford Notch, if you're in this area. Climb Mt. Willard, in Crawford Notch. It's a low key hike with a spectacular view as a reward.
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MaineDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 09:50 AM
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9. "out of state cars were doing about 25 mph "
:evilgrin: I know exactly what you mean!

I drove to Rangeley the other day and I was behind 2 cars whose drivers didn't know what a gas pedal was for. Oh well, at least they eat in local restaurants while they're here. We're lucky to live in an area people have to drive to to see. :)
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 09:51 AM
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10. There is just one perfectly fformed, perfectly pinkish red Maple tree in
our neighborhood. The rest are green/brown. But that tree, WOW.
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Dogmudgeon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 02:20 PM
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11. The Fall Foliage Forecast
On Accuweather-dot-com

Eastern:


Western:


If the graphics don't show up, just go to their home page -- it's usually linked there.

--bkl
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Piltdown13 Donating Member (829 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 03:08 PM
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13. We have a few
I guess it will be a week or so before the peak. Of course, the tree in our backyard is so huge that it takes over a week for all the leaves to fall off. Last year we were't able to rake them up before we had a continuous week of rain...yuck. But the colors are really lovely!
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Catshrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 03:11 PM
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14. Sorry, cacti don't turn colors.
They do nothing at all.
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Dogmudgeon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 03:19 PM
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15. Wrong cacti
You need to eat some of them. And then they make the universe turn colors.

:) or is that :spank: ... ?

--bkl
Cacked? I?

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LWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 04:32 PM
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16. No pretty fall leaves here in the high desert.
Of course, in developments, there are shade trees planted and irrigated. Many that will survive here in the heat, wind and alkaline soil don't have big fall color. Those that do, the wind takes the leaves so fast that you don't really get to enjoy the color.
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 05:03 PM
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17. Here in Minneapolis
the fall colors seem to have appeared almost overnight. At least I didn't notice them until about two days ago.
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VOX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 06:46 PM
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19. I'm in Southern CA. It never happens...
and I feel deprived!

:hi:
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mwdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 07:09 PM
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20. Edge of the prairie, still starting to get some color.
No real forests here (from the East Coast, miss them trees!), but the color's starting to really come out. The prairie will soon be totally golden, which is a sight to see!
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newyawker99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-12-03 09:19 AM
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22. Congrats mwdem!! 400 posts
:toast:
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mwdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-12-03 11:24 AM
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24. Thanks! And I've only been here for, what, 2 years?
I'm slooooow!
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 10:42 PM
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21. They've even been late here in PA, yet..
they were late to come out in the spring, too.

Night, everyone!
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ewagner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-12-03 10:12 AM
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23. Central & Eastern Wisconsin
almost past prime in some places. Spotty in others. It's been a wierd year with the summer drought in the Central area and heavy rains in the North East.

I got some good picutres of the maples yesterday and also of the Canada geese flocking to our neighborhood pond.
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