11/19/06

fall

here's fall on freefalling.

i find nothing more photographable than fall colors. i wasn't able to venture out far, but thought i'd at least capture a taste of fall this year. maybe i'll get another chance, but for today, i am suitably satisfied.

last year, when i was suddenly overcome by a sketching craze (it was over so soon it's not funny) , i decided i'd make a project on fall. just fall. a sketch, a portfolio of photos, and a poem. i'm yet to start on the first, and the last could hardly be much of an effort ;), but i'm glad my camera knows what fall looks like. if just a little teeny bit.

i want to be in maine next october when it's hit by fall. i want to see the orange in all its splendor. this is my dream every year that awaits fulfilment. i still remember when i first saw maple leaves, back on the 20th of october 1996, and what a magical experience that was. i don't think there's a side of nature that pleases me more.

anyway, so that's about me and fall.

3 comments:

Nikhil said...

ur comment about ur first maple leaf brings back a similar experience when i first got a glimpse of fall colors at UMASS, Amherst in 2002. i still remember how fall crept up on me, unawares - one fine day suddenly everything around me seemed to be red/pink/orange/purple/yellow. Fall and snow were by far the two overwhelming natural aspects of my first out-of-india experience

Adu said...

ooo...great pics! first and last ones especially.

8&20 said...

nikhil - i'll come to snow too hopefully :). it is 10 years + 2 days since my first time seeing snow.

adu - danke schoen. always a pleasure to please you :).