Going for a Stroll

This is a road often taken, judging by all the potholes! But the beauty for me lies in the bare trees on the right, with the still-green trees on the left. The red leaves bordering the road just make it perfect, tempting you to go for a stroll (if it's not raining, of course). This was again a cloudy day, it had stopped raining just long enough for me to get this shot. This week there is supposed to be some sun, though! Let's hope for that!

UPDATE! There is some sun!

This is the most sun we've seen in almost 2 weeks! You can even see a hint of blue sky at the upper left corner, and just north of us are clear skies, so we may get even more sun today!

A Gray Day

The weather was horrible today, it rained almost all day, was foggy and cold. So, lacking the beautiful sun, I decided to create my own contrasting colors with a new color-select setting on my camera. I choose a color within my shot, and the rest of the colors within the shot are gray. In these two first pictures I chose the dark red leaves from our apple tree, which is now bare. The contrast against the green of the grass is pretty, but I think the images are more interesting with the red against the gray.

In this last shot I chose the yellow tree in our yard, I'm not sure what type of tree it is though. It was hard to capture the yellow very well, but you get an idea. The whole tree is colored the same as the bottom of the tree is in the picture. I was disappointed that the pine tree beside it did not turn out as gray as I had hoped, but at least I got out and took some pictures on this icky day!

A full-color shot for comparison.