autumn – Page 2 – Karen Greaves Photography & Fibre Art

October 2014

Published on September 29, 2014 by greavesadmin1 Comment

This fall we have been experiencing the most colourful and vivid fall shades we seen in a number of years. Having had two harsh frosts may have contributed to this unusual condition. Because of the lack of maples here, we typically see only the yellows of birch, poplar and tamarack mixed with the greens of pine, spruce and cedar. Any orange and red is usually proved by low berry bushes in the undergrowth. This season, the random maple is gloriously evident. Even a dreary day like the day these photos were taken, can be aglow.

So for the October desktop calendar, I chose a back road scene with the full range of this season’s colour. Enjoy.

october 2013 desktop

Published on September 30, 2013 by greavesadmin5 Comments

Shorter days and cooler nights are upon us. With a little humidity overnight, we get some great moody moments.

For specific screen resolutions of the image below, drop down the Free Calendar tab above.

fall mist

Published on September 19, 2013 by greavesadmin2 Comments

There are so many reasons to love fall. Clear skies seems so much bluer in the cooler air. Of course, all the vibrant shades of the rainbow are painted on the hillsides take your breath away. But one of my favourite autumn things is a calm misty morning at the lake.

mist at dawn

Published on November 6, 2012 by greavesadminLeave a comment

Straight out of the camera, this scene appears to be shades of black and white.

When I reduce the saturation to zero in Lightroom, any hint of colour is removed and the image looks like this:

So what is the colour that tints the original image? I took the image into PhotoShop to take a closer look. With the colour selector dialogue box open, I can use the eyedropper tool to click on an area of the image to see what colour that pixel or pixels hold. To which colour do you think the grey shades are related?