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10/22/2011 10:23:13 AM · #1 |
The leaves won't be pretty forever.
(Apologies in advance to those in latitudes less favorable to such a challenge.) |
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10/22/2011 10:40:14 AM · #2 |
Originally posted by bvy:
(Apologies in advance to those in latitudes less favorable to such a challenge.) |
Apology accepted... I do still like to look at all the colors! :) |
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10/22/2011 11:44:19 AM · #3 |
| I live in prime foliage area, but this year the weather made them go straight from green to brown... |
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10/22/2011 11:46:58 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by sinistral_leo:
I live in prime foliage area, but this year the weather made them go straight from green to brown... |
Great! You're in! |
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10/22/2011 11:47:16 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by sinistral_leo:
I live in prime foliage area, but this year the weather made them go straight from green to brown... |
Same here. |
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10/22/2011 02:19:46 PM · #6 |
| Great idea, but winter has almost started :( |
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10/22/2011 02:29:55 PM · #7 |
| Not much time left... Today would be grand: moisture saturation. Oh heck, maybe I can find some macro mash on the road. |
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10/22/2011 02:43:21 PM · #8 |
I agree that it's a little late for most areas. Peak color has past in a lot of areas and at least here more than 50 percent of the trees are now bare. Some late bloomers are still holding on, but for landscapes it loses it's effect when you have so many barren trees mixed in with those still left with leaves.
Two suggestions. Make it a challenge with a date range starting say September 1st through November 1st and allow people to use the best shots that fell within that time period. Autumn is hard to predict and a difference of just a couple hundred miles (or less) could mean a big difference in fall colors and peak time.
Second suggestion to keep everyone happy is to have this same challenge in April/May (or whenever the leaves start to change) time frame so those living in the Southern Hemisphere can also participate during that time. That would be the fair thing to do. Some sit out now...some sit out later.
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10/22/2011 02:47:31 PM · #9 |
| This should have been a 2 month long challenge, started mid september, so that everyone could have been involved.... =( Maybe we can do that next year? |
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10/22/2011 02:55:01 PM · #10 |
NOTE: Replace question mark w/asterisk as keyboard is hosed...
Fall colors* Huh* We don't normally have that here and this year is the worst! We still have some sunburned leaves on the trees, but no color other than burned brown. The next step will be dead-on-the-ground brown. :~/ |
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10/22/2011 06:09:59 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by bvy:
The leaves won't be pretty forever.
(Apologies in advance to those in latitudes less favorable to such a challenge.) |
This could be taken care of if it were to run parallel to a spring flowers challenge. Or maybe just make it a foliage challenge, but it's too late here for the best of the new growth.
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10/22/2011 11:50:56 PM · #12 |
Damn. You folks might be right. The colors are mostly rust. I swear it happened overnight.
How about a chesseburger challenge then?
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10/23/2011 12:17:26 AM · #13 |
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