
Laudholm Farms (Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve), Wells, Maine, USA, October 2023 — There is nothing quite like a mixed forest in Southern Maine in October. This is a trail at Laudholm Farms, down along the border with the on section of Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge. Glorious light and glorious fall color. OM Systems OMD EM5Mkiii with 12-45mm zoom at 24mm equivalent. Program mode with in-camera HDR. -.3EV. Processed in Pixelmator Pro and Apple Photos.

Rapids with their burden of fallen leaves on the Batson River at Emmon’s Preserve in Kennebunkport Maine. This is an intermediate shot between frozen water and silk…an HDR in Shutter preferred at 1/5 of a second and f18. ISO 200 at 24mm equivalent with the OM Systems OMD EM5Mkiii with the 12-45mm zoom. Processed in Pixelmator Pro.

Kennebunk, Maine, USA. Early morning sun on the fall foliage along the Bridle Path where it crosses a small, nameless, tidal creek. Three images with the OM Systems OMD EM5Mkiii and the 12-45mm zoom at 24mm equivalent. In-camera HDR scene mode. Processed in Pixomator Pro and stitched in Bimostitch. Final touch-up in Apple Photos.

Early autumn sunshine on a corner of the forest along the Kennebunk Bridle Path in Kennebunk, Maine, USA. Typically for this year, the oaks are redder than the maples. ?? OM Systems OMD EM5Mkiii with 12-45mm zoom at 24mm equivalent. Program mode with in-camera HDR. Processed in Pixelmator Pro.

Maybe I just have not gotten to the right places, but this just might be as good as the foliage gets this year in southern Maine. We still have not had a frost, and the maples are just giving up hope and falling off the trees with only a touch of yellow. In the usual places for an early turn, where the trees stand with their feet in a marshy spot, the trees are already bare. So it goes. We will enjoy the turn of the seasons one way or another. OM Systems OMD EM5Mkiii with 12-45mm zoom at 24mm equivalent. HDR Scene mode. Processed in Pixelmator Pro.

A moody fall day at the pond. OM Systems OMD EM5Mkiii with 12-45mm zoom at 24mm equivalent. In-camera HDR scene mode.

It was foggy down along the coast the past few days and the fall foliage, what we have so far, barely burned through. OM Systems OM-1 with 12-45mm zoom at 24mm equivalent. HDR Scene mode.

This is mostly standing marsh grasses on any normal day, with the high water line a good 6 feet below the surface…but the ocean has invaded on the flood-tide this week. Along the Bridle Path in Kennebunk, Maine. OM Systems OMD EM5Mkiii with 12-45mm zoom at 24mm equivalent. HDR scene mode. Processed in Pixelmator Pro.

It is an odd year when the oak leaves turn before the maples 🙂 This is a particulary exposed oak branch, low on sapling at the edge of the Bridle Path here in Kennebunk, Maine. OM Systems OMD EM5Mkiii with 12-45mm zoom at 24mm equivalent. In-camera HDR scene mode.

Along the edge of the Kennebunk Plains…these are always among the first trees to reach full color…not quite yet, but getting there. OM Systems OMD EM5Mkiii with 12-45mm Pro zoom at 78mm equivalent. In-camera HDR scene mode. Processed in Pixomator Pro.