Autumn is my least favourite season. In the Scottish Highlands it’s the season of rain and wind, Summer is long forgotten and the crisp clean days of winter are still months away. Autumn is also the season when I feel most useless…my impairment is colour blindness, I don’t see dark reds, greens or browns properly. As a result the autumn colours are something of a let down for me.
Autumn feels like the day after a party, all of summer’s growth is lying about, everything is damp and decaying. The sun disappears until the first frosts and it rains and rains. I fully understand why people get SAD….
Anyway, I braved the heavy showers on Sunday and went for a stroll around the River Nairn, something I haven’t done for a while. This time I didn’t go out with a theme in mind…it kind of came to me whilst I was ‘on location’. I’ve been reading Giles Miltons excellent ‘Nathaniels Nutmeg’, all about the Spice wars in the East Indies 300 years ago.
When I saw that the hedgerows were full of Blackberries, Rosehip, Elderflower and assorted other autumn fruits, it got me thinking of the illustrations in old Herbals and this combined with my current colour toning fad resulted in todays picture.
As someone who takes lots of landscapes, I have little experience of macro (close up) photography, so often I’m looking at the big picture I fail to see some of the more attractive detail. With an abundance of fruit, the last flowers and and the amazing patterns of leaf litter, maybe autumn isn’t so depressing after all.
I’m on holiday for most of this week so am hoping to get out and about for a few more shots…more updates to follow.
Icelandair just paid the worst photographer it could find $50,000
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[image: Several sailboats docked at a marina at night masts silhouetted
city lights and crescent moon reflected on calm water hillside buildings.]
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