the quest for the right fall shot

[Bambi]

so yesterday, while the turkey is cooking, I take the dogs for their walk. I have my camera, well, because I usually do . Off the trail I see a 5 foot channel of water banked by a big hump of land and then what looks like a pond on the other side. It seems to me that it might make a nice shot because the sun is streaming from the other side. I walk down a little further and the channel narrows to small ditch. So I climb down the bank, hop over and up I go. Now I'm stuck. I look down and my leg is caught in some barbed wire from an old fence line. I disentangle myself and try to remember if I'm up to date on my tetanus. I then make my way back to the spot I had seen by hopping from rock to rock or grass tussock through a swamp. Can I mention that the dogs are gleefully bouncing around threatening to topple me into the swamp at any moment? Finally I get as close as I can. turn on the camera. I have one bar of battery power left . Oh well. I snap a few shots and wend my way back again. So these are the best of the shots. the sun blew out the sky so I cropped it out. I really really hope it was worth it



and a close up:


and one more I got on the walk home with the dying battery:

[tomorrowstreasures]

lovely! LOVE THE COLOR!

[zenon5940]

GREAT shots, Bambi. The colors are superb. I like all three of them very much but #1 is the one that pleases me the most.

[Bambi]

thank you for the comments.
#1 is my favorite as well.

[kat]

Wonderful color! I agree with #1!

[Greg_Nuspel]

Very nice I am jealous of the colours you have there.

[Iguanasan]

You have to decide for yourself whether it was worth it or not but #1 is certainly a great shot with some lovely colour.

[Marko]

These are quite lovely; I too like shot 1 the best.

[JAS_Photo]

Very pretty! gotta go for #3 as my fave.

[Barefoot]

I'm glad your battery didn't die on you before you got that last shot. I like it the best of the three, but they're all nicely done.