Fall Photography

Not bad for a budget photo on the run.

Photography in the fall can be an amazing experience. The amazing range of colors you can encounter along with saturation you can capture is unlike any other time of the year. Landscape photography can be extraordinary, especially if you are fortunate enough to posses a wide angle lens (fish-eye not so much) and a polarizing filter. If you don't (like some of us) there are still a few tips you can follow to get good results:

1.  The sun can be great for rim light and back lighting leaves for great effects. BUT be careful- especially if you're not using filters- the sun can suck the saturation out of colors if its too strong, or can cause unpleasant  lens flairs that you might not notice until you get back to your computer rendering pictures useless (unless you're luck or can face the artistic angle.)
2. Bring a tripod with you. You might want to have a big depth of field to keep most if not all of your image in focus, and this means larger f-stops. Which of course mean you're going to have to be slowing down shutter speeds. If its bright out you might not have such a big problem but when in doubt mount that camera. Don't ruin a great shot with shake cause you were lazy.
3. (well 2b.) If you bring a tripod it opens up the option to experiment with HDR. Set that auto exposure bracket and snap away. 

Fall can also be an interesting time for people like me who are color blind. Or even if you're not try desaturating some images for. You might be surprised with what you get. 

Not bad either.