Most days, after work, I take a bike ride along the South Platte River. On a couple of occasions, I noticed some spectacular fall colors. So for the next day, I decided to make some images of the fall colors along the riverside. This is one bush that inspired me to photograph instead of ride past.
Exploring some other trees close by, I found this clump of leaves with a bite taken from the leaf.
Nearby is s bridge that crosses the river. There is a fair amount of bicycle traffic and foot traffic across this bridge. I missed the bike rider by a could of minutes when I made this image. At this time of year, the low sun at sunset cast long shadows that create a grid of patterns on the bridge.
Nearby, I found a location where there was a red container that was just reflecting the last rays of sunlight as the sunset approached the horizon.
Close by, I found an abandoned building that had some interesting brickwork. There was plenty of contrast in the brickwork that brought out the texture of the walls of the building.
On a second trip a week or so later, I had noticed a maple tree that striking red leaves. I could not find a decent angle that would show off the red fall colors! This year has been really bad for wildfires in Colorado. That day the Troublesome fire had erupted to cover several ten of thousands of acres. While photographing along the riverside, I made this image to show the smoke clouds from the fire.
As the sun started setting, I switched to a longer lens to capture more detail of the smoke clouds before the sun set.
These clouds were spectacular. But it was sad to hear that people had to be evacuated as their homes burnt. Several hundred houses were consumed by these wild fires this year. On a happier note, I found this cottonwood sapling as I made my way back to the truck.
Enjoy.