Collection: The Fall Foliage Gallery: Nature and Landscape Fine Art Photography

My wife and I visited Smoky Mountain National Park while trying to decide where to move for the next stage of our careers.  It was wet and rainy with intermittent sun on the day I took this landscape image.  I had been reveling in the early fall color and dramatic clouds all day, but hadn't had any luck putting it all together to make a great nature photo .... until I saw a sunbeam approaching this valley.  Happily we were able to safely park for me to get the picture!

Aspen trunks glow in the soft light of the golden aspen grove.

Fall colors abound looking down a Smoky Mountain valley, distant mountains on the horizon.

I love the fall colors!  We tend to focus on colorful trees, but grasses and shrubs can take on their own beauty.  I was driving by this area for another shoot when I was awestruck by the vibrant golden colors of the varied plants and Gambel oak against the deep green pines and distant blue mountains.  Compare this nature image with its sister, "Fall Colors of Mt Herman: II" taken about 15 minutes later after the sun had set for this area, turning the palette to beautiful, varied pastels.