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Hilltop colors

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Posted by Toni Lankerd on October 31, 2015 at 10:53 AM
Hilltop colors
Took a spontaneous road trip north last weekend, first time in 4 years. Knowing that peak color is usally around the 10th of October in the Sleeping Bear Dunes area, I wasn't sure what to expect.  Seems the forecasters were right this year when they predicted that peak color was 2 weeks behiind this year, so the timing was perfect. 
This is one scene we came across near Manistee, MI.....a hill with just enough trees to make it interesting with their various shades of reds, orange and yellows. I liked the fact that although the trees were sitting on top of a hilll, the hill dipped down slightly in the center.
Pentax K10, Sigma 28-135mm
Posted by Kendall Hetrick on November 2, 2015 at 7:57 AM
Nice catch looks like it was a great trip. Glad you got out to see it.  Our color didn't develope here and in places it did the wind would strip it away, most trees bare now.
Posted by Ralph Yakaboski on November 3, 2015 at 11:00 AM
Nice image. I just returned from a trip to the Smoky Mountains Cade Cove and the colors were at their peak.
Posted by Toni Lankerd on January 2, 2016 at 8:00 PM
Thanks guys....considering the colors were so late this year, they were still pretty awesome.