An October afternoon

Early on a blustery mid October afternoon I drove north of town to see what was left of autumn color.  (All SD1M, 17-70 macro)

{Thanks Ed for your generous comments on my post last week.  Hope you’ve been able to get in some shooting.}

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Ambiguous sky



Sunlight on the move



Grid



Backlit



Pre-flight staging area (In this field 66 Sandhill cranes assembled before heading south.  A nearby field brought the number to over 100.)



On the opposite side of the road:



Wetland



Narrowing palette