Golden Skies

I am absolutely mesmerized by the magical golden light when you step inside a woodlot around here this week.  The skies are light grey above, but the canopy is gold, and by the time that filtered light reaches you, it's like a golden sky.

I stepped into the woods behind our neighbour's house, and this was the picture that greeted me.  The light was absolutely magical.

Looking up, the entire canopy was yellow with a hint of orange, and tiny bits of leftover green, and the light filtering down made it feel like you were under a golden sky.  I took dozens of pictures!

I found it a challenge getting the colour and lighting correct with these pictures, and had to adjust the aperture back and forth to get what I wanted.  These are as close to what I was actually seeing as I can get.

Even under foot it was largely gold.

And the golden light was the same at every woodlot I've stepped into.  This was a 'Slowpoke Walk' on the Bruce Trail yesterday.  I'll have more pictures to share of that.

This was the woodlot down at the end of our road where I often go snowshoeing in the winter.  The woods road beckons!

This was along the Bruce Trail on the property where I'm the volunteer Land Steward.  I went to check things out there today.

And this was a road on the way back from picking up the dog at her new sitter's place yesterday.

I now have enough pictures of fall colours to keep posting til about Christmas!  Hope you'll keep coming back!  This year the colours just seem more spectacular than ever, and I can't stop taking more pictures.

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