I think this is where the season Fall got its name.

The best time to photograph leaves on the ground in autumn, it turns out, is on a Monday morning. Soon after I took this photo a machine moved across campus obliterating all traces of their existence. Of course leaves continued to fall, but they don’t last long during the working weekdays.

I went by Triangle Park in town hoping to take some pictures of the vast quantities of leaves there too. However, maintenance workers had scooped them all up earlier in the day. Next year I’ll have to beat them to the punch.

Posted on November 3rd, 2011 under nature, only in ashland, places. Tags: autumn, leaves, Southern Oregon University. Comments Off on A sea of leaves on SOU campus

Are you sick of the fall foliage yet? Me neither. I took today’s photo earlier this week in the morning before the crowds gathered in Lithia Park to enjoy these trees in their splendor.

Posted on October 29th, 2011 under lithia park, only in ashland. Tags: autumn, leaves, lithia park, nikon d7000, Tamron 10-24mm lens. Comments Off on Autumn in Lithia Park

Birch trees on Ridge Road in Ashland, Oregon in autumn

I went for a fall photo shoot in Lithia Park on Sunday. Most trees aren’t at their peak yet, but some are. On my way home, as I headed down Ridge Rd., I looked up at the above birches trying unsuccessfully to completely block out the blue sky. I get a bit nostalgic around birch trees as we had three in my front yard as I was growing up.

Posted on October 18th, 2011 under nature, only in ashland. Tags: autumn, leaves, Tamron 10-24mm lens, trees. Comments Off on Birch trees in the fall

Ashland experienced some rain this past week for just the first or second time in months. Some leaves have begun to turn colors for fall, but most are still at least a week or two away from major fall foliage.

Posted on October 9th, 2011 under nature, only in ashland. Tags: autumn, leaves, water. Comments: 1

I was sitting in the grass in Lithia Park the other day, enjoying rather warm temperatures for November. Instead of pulling the camera up to see what I was taking a picture of, I just took it from the position of the leaves I was sitting in.

Posted on November 10th, 2010 under lithia park, nature. Tags: autumn, leaves, lithia park, trees. Comments: 2