November Challenge - Fall Colors

I don't know whats been going on with this site lately? I haven't been getting any notifications the last couple weeks so I may have missed a lot of activity. I opened it up today and I had 93 notifications!

Since going full time with photography as my job doing real estate, architecture, interiors etc finding time/motivating myself to do more photography just for me has become kind of a chore. An unfortunate side effect of going full time with photography.

However, this fall I told my self I was going to go out and get some fall color photos. I know fall is a popular time for photographers but I find it slightly annoying. A lot of the popular spots are crowded. This is especially true if I took the short 3 hour trip to the blue ridge mountains in my home state of NC. That being said I have a couple of local spots that are off the beaten path that I knew I could rely on to not have many people, if any, and would still deliver nice photographic opportunities.

A couple of weeks ago I paid a visit to one such spot on Falls Lake in North Carolina. I spent a couple hours experimenting with compositions waiting for the sun to get lower in the sky where it really lights up the fall foliage. I also challenged myself to do a lot of shooting with my 150-600 sigma sport lens. Five of these shots were taken with that lens and the others with my 24-70 sigma art. The panorama with the bridge (4th shot) was the last shot I took for the day as the sun dipped below the trees and the light was gone. The pano is probably my 2nd favorite of the set and I was lucky to get it. I was photographing the trees reflecting (1st shot and my favorite of the set) when I turned around and saw that scene unfolding. I knew I didn't have long but managed to get a few tighter shots with the bridge and then finally that panorama that, I feel, really shows the whole scene.

Anyways hope all of y'all are doing well!