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Fall Colors
September 2006
Brilliant colors are the great gift of September. Of course, we’re sad that August is behind us, but the colors that come alive in September fill our heart. They celebrate the passage of time, and we can always look forward for new wonders as we move on to the future. Our cover photograph by Diane Grant Melnik called “Filtered Light” is a glorious image which shows how wonderful September can be when we look around us at the leaves on the trees and on the ground.
Next in our portfolio is a sensitive image called “Burning Through Fall” by Robert Near. Somehow the image of the sun can be seen in the background – almost as bright as if one was actually looking at the sun. But the main subject of the photograph is a dramatic view of a single element of nature that curves around the sun. It almost seems as if there is a relationship between the two elements in the photograph – the plant and the sun. .
Opposite is “Milkweed Seeds” by Loraine Arnold. Here the photographer is looking at the ground rather than the sky. The two white, curving forms seen against the darker colors of the autumn leaves are extraordinarily sensitive. It is a striking composition with rich colors in the background.
On the next spread there are two impressive landscape photographs. On the left there is an untitled photograph by Jorge Monteaguido. A mist is in the background, possibly over a river, while the trees in the foreground show the early colors of fall. One can see that the trees on the hill in the background also have their fall colors. On the right, there is a photograph by Eileen Camuto of a landscape under a clouded sky. The barn in the foreground is surrounded by a field in the front, and by foliage in the back, with a few spots of red leaves against the green.
Then we have two pages of autumn leaves. On the left there is a photograph by Grace Begany of four leaves resting on a wooden floor. Two leaves have pale green colors, and the other two are yellow and origin. They are well composed in relation to each other. On the right there is a photograph entitled “Fall & Frost” by Mirav Ozeri, with one leaf in the center and others seen in subtle forms in the background, apparently reflected in water.
Finally, we end with “Olana in the Fall” by Michael Coluccio. A sensitive image of barren branches is the top frame of the photograph, while below we see a field and trees in the background, with still water in the foreground. In front the few green leaves create a dramatic accent for the image.
-David Finn
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