The hard sound of leaves falling

One red, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Light borders, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Roots, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

This morning the wind was still in the forest. I heard a sound like a bunch of people walking, but there was nobody else besides me in the forest. Then I realized that the sound was made by frozen leaves falling to the ground. It was a surprisinly loud sound, like twigs breaking under the foot.

During the night, the temperature dropped below -5 °C, and we had frost on the plants. But it soon melted away when the sun started to shine.

Here are three photographs from this morning. I may post more, as it was such a nice time for taking photographs.

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.