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Ozarks Fall Foliage Photos From 2Cooleys Foliage Reporting Runs
| These photographs represent what you can expect in Ozark foliage. Some years the displays are brighter, and other years duller, than what we show here. All photos shown were made by us during our foliage report runs. They have not been taken at "secret" or hard-to-find locations. |
| 1. Aerial
Photos of Ozark Foliage What you would see if you flew over the Ozark Mountains during peak foliage. |
| 2. Roadside
Foliage Photos What you'll see driving local roads |
| 3. Foliage
On The Water Rent a boat on a lake or river, or hike a creek side trail for these foliage scenes |
| 4. Foliage
From The Hill Tops Hike or drive to a hilltop for these views |
| 5. Hillside
Foliage Photos we made while looking up at hillsides from valley roads, rivers, and hiking trails. |
| 6. Understory
Foliage Here's what you'll see up close at eye level walking under the forest canopy. Understory foliage is some of the best color you can find. |
| 7. Colored
Leaves What's a foliage site without leaf photos! |
| Truth In Photography For those of you who wonder about how much we "Photo Shop" our images, the answer is very little. We shoot in camera raw at 5300K, usually with a mild polarizer setting. We do not ramp up saturation in post production. Thus what you see in our photos is almost dead-on for real life color. We pick a pretty scene, then visit it at different times of the day to evaluate what light conditions and time of day are best for making photos. The over-saturated look is simply what we captured in the image during optimum light brilliance. We have learned that optimum light conditions for any scene rarely last more than 10 minutes. The best light is usually about 20 minutes before the sun rises or sets. Due to the angle of the sun on the low horizon, the light shines through the leafs at that time of day, not at them as it would at high noon. This is why the colors are so bright and seem to glow. You will see the same effect with the naked eye if you arrive on scene at the moment of "magic light". |
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