Here in the Monadnock Region we are rapidly approaching the gray season; that is, the gap between the end of the fall foliage and the first snow. This is a slow time for landscape photographers… even those of use who work primarily in black and white.
Unfortunately, with climate change, the gray season gets longer and longer. Our first significant snow these days generally does not happen until mid-December. Back in the “good old days”, mid-November was more usual.
These photos were made last Saturday. A few windy days since mean that the only color remaining in the woods are the browns of oak and beech leaves and the gray of the boles. Both of these tree species will keep their leaves more-or-less until spring.
Most of our foliage is on the ground around here. I understand North Country was swamped with motorists trying to catch the foliage! Locals were not very happy with them. . .