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End of the Season

Starting in October I go nuts over the texture of the grassy fields nearby. As winter wears on, these grasslands lose their spirit and become trampled down. With no birds in the vicinity this autumn and winter, I'm lucky to have this obsession with grassy fields. Normally my camera would switch its obsessions over to hoarfrost by Christmas, but it has been dry and snowless this winter. Ahh how nice it is to have a dry winter! Perhaps the oncoming storm is going to put an abrupt end to that. So let me put up these last photos to celebrate the end of the fall texture season and the beginning of snow and hoarfrost.

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Comments

Anonymous said…
What is the black in the last 2 pics? The last one gives the impression of fire and smoke. Very pleasing blend of colors, contrast, and illusion.
The black is just the contrast of sunlight and shade in New Mexico, exaggerated by Picasa "contrast". In the last picture, the background is full size trees growing along an arroyo. They are producing the shade, early in the morning. The grass is backlit.