I’ve been spending some time this fall exploring closer to home, something we often neglect to do. There are dozens of conservation parks in Madison that offer a walk in the woods right in the middle of Wisconsin’s second largest city. I walk through the 96-acre Owen Conservation Park almost every day on my way to have coffee and read the paper. A great morning ritual. It’s about a 1/4 mile from our house and we often see wild turkeys in the neighborhood and at night sometimes we hear coyotes howling. And we live about 5 miles from the state capital!
Here are a few photos that are contenders for me to print up for art shows…
I’ve been experimented with doing fall colors in black and white and actually like the black and whites better than the color photos. The yellow leaves on the maple leaves in the U.W. Arboretum made for some interesting shots. This stand of Maples is about a 1/4 mile from the West Beltline highway, a very peaceful place despite it’s close proximity to 6 lanes of traffic.
A very interesting looking plant growing in a meadow in the Arboretum.
One from Owen Conservancy, a short walk from our house.
This is from the same stand of Maples as the first photo, I love how the bright yellows come across in black and white. It almost looks like an infrared shot. They must have done a controlled burn here recently considering all these maple saplings growing at about the exact same height.
