This also gave me the opportunity to get a few pictures of the fall leaves. Mid-Michigan is well past prime color. Most of the trees have already changed color and dropped their leaves, but there are still opportunities to be found.
It was rather a dreary day, with overcast skies and flat light; not the best conditions for photography. Add in the fact that by the time I got into the woods the sun was already getting low in the West. Lower light levels meant longer exposure times. I wasn't using a tripod so there was the good change that many of my pictures would end up being blurry. Despite these challenges I was happy with my results.
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| Looking down into the swamp. |
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| A black-phase grey squirrel. These are becoming more and more common. |
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| Sugar Maple leaves in the swamp. |
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| A deer trail cuts through this edge of the swamp. |
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| Ferns change color in the fall too. |
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| A pop of red sticks out amid the many shades of brown. |
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| Maidenhair ferns can be found along edges of the swamp |
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| The park is surrounded on three side by private land. |
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| Sugar maple leaves floating in a puddle. |
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| Some maples are still hanging on to their leaves. |
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| High-bush Cranberry adds its two shades of red to the swamp. |
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| These berries will probably persist into the winter - birds eat them but only when other foods are gone. |
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| Lichen adds its own shades of color to the swamp |
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| Sugar Maples flank an Eastern Hemlock |
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| Paper Birch bark and Sugar Maple leaves |
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| The canopy around this large Sugar Maple is definitely thinned out. |
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| Most leaves are now on the forest floor. |
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