Only in Bucks County: What November Brings

Well, the weather certainly has changed.

November started ablaze with Autumn color; but 20 days later the rain, wind, and below freezing temperatures were taking their toll on the colorful landscape.
Today we all woke up to snow.
What a difference (also in mind and spirit) a few weeks make!

We started the month still choosing and decorating our doorsteps and pumpkins, and finished it with a two mile walk through holiday lights, in 26 degree weather. 

 

 

                       Union Street, Lambertville NJ

 

 

 

 

Bowman's Wildflower Preserve

                              

 

New Hope, PA

 

 

 

 

Core Creek Park, mid November 

       

 

 

 

"And you can't build a house out of leaves and live like it's an evergreen. 

It's just a season thing. It's a thing that seasons do."

~John Mayer, Wheel

 

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Thanksgiving Day, 2014

 

Only in Bucks County: Fading Light in Newtown and Yardley

 

Did I mention that I hate this heat?

I wrote a post about that this time last year, and... NOTHING'S CHANGED. 

The only time I enjoy being outside has been in the early evening and at night.

Back in my Wedding photographer/Bar Mitzvah photographer days, I preferred taking portraits of people around 7:30-8:00 pm because of the lighting. No one looks bad in 8:00 pm summer light!

I'd never considered landscape photography as the day light fades, but I've been outside taking photos at twilight all summer and I'm so pleased with the way they look!

They capture the feeling of the end of a long summer day.

Low light can be challenging, especially without a tripod, but I am enjoying the challenge.

The photos below are completely unedited, and I think I've done a great job capturing the remaining light.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"The fading light is us, and we are, for a moment so brief, ... beautiful."

Gary Shteyngart, Super Sad True Love Story