The warm summer days are in the past now, and the fall colours are starting to show on the ground vegetation, shrubs and trees. Yesterday I was looking up at the larch trees from the bottom of the valley, I’m thinking next weekend they will be ready for me to photograph. As temperatures cools and days get shorter, photosynthesis stops and trees start saving nutrients. Larch needles start turning golden yellow before drying up and falling to the ground.
The attached sunrise image, there were some fall colours on the ground with a minus 1 or 2-degree temperature during the morning, but not enough to add to the final image. I was enjoying the cold morning, it felt great. After trading in sunset pictures for a good night sleep over the long summer days, I’m looking forward to catching as many sunrises as possible until late spring arrives. The Canadian Rockies look amazing at any time of the day, but even more so during sunrises and sunsets. During the shorter days, the light from lower angles provides a much bigger window for dramatic landscape photography opportunities. And with calm water, it’s almost a sin not to stop and take a picture.
