Autumn in black and white

Reed, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Fallen, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

I have taken mostly color photographs lately, but every so often I take some in black and white. I have looked at b&w photographs quite a lot, re-reading my photography books. There is so much to learn that sometimes it seems impossible to even start taking photographs.

Here are two photographs from today, when we went for a walk in to the Tremanskärr marsh and the Kurkijärvi lake. Nights are getting cold now, quite often below 0 °C, and thus autumn proceeds rapidly. But at daytime the temperature still gets between 5-10 °C, so it is not so cold yet. First snow, yet to come here in the capital region of Finland. (But in north Finland they are already cross-country skiing.)

They are falling fast

Maple leaves, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Tops, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Branching, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Here are three photographs taken yesterday. Autumn progresses fast. We haven't yet had any snow, but that can happen any day now. And leaves are carpeting the forest floor more and more, tree branches getting bare.

Setting sun up in the trees

Treetops, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Trunks, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

For some reason, I looked upwards today. Partly because it was getting dark at the ground level, partly because it was so nice sunshine up in the treetops. Autumn is progressing fast now, leaf carpet getting thicker, leaf colors getting brighter.