It takes but a short time to go from a blaze of colours
To the soft grey pastels of November.
But autumn knows how to make
A stunning grand finale —
Teaching us that finales
Are also glorious transformations.
(Picture taken a couple of weeks ago. It’s grey and bare here at the moment.)
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Lady Fi 
Beautiful!
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Perfect depiction of autumn in this photo. Makes me wish I had taken a drive up to the lake on the Blue Ridge Parkway… Guess I was just lazy this year, but sure love your photo!
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Gorgeous trees and colors and a glorious way to say goodbye to autumn as winter slips into our doorways. Terrific capture and breathtaking reflections!! And, yes, hello to gray!!
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A standing ovation is in order! what a ‘performance’! Encore!
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STUNNING!!! Looks like a painting!!!
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Such a stunning display of colors!
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Gorgeous photo… You are right—that is an awesome ‘grand finale’ to Fall…. Wow!!!
Hugs,
Betsy
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Absolutely beautiful Fiona. There’s just nothing like Autumn colours.
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Bellissima foto 🙂
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Wow! Looks great!
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so beautiful
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Utsøkt … nydelig høstmotiv. Gid det kunne vart litt lenger!
Irene
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Yes, sadly it is over here too, although I try to squeeze the very last drop of colour out of the day.
Gorgeous picture.
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Yes, our leaves are 90% down and I miss autumn already.
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So beautiful! We have splashes of color but lots of evergreens, so it’s never this astounding!
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The blaze of autumn colors is fantastic!
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Hello Lady Fi!
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!!
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What a gorgeous photo! I absolutely love autumn’s colors.
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beautiful photo ….
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Yes, beautiful composition, excellent light, I love the color of the trees and their reflections. Greetings.
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ah, yes it does….there is a beautiful brilliance before the dying….i love fall…smiles.
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The reflection on the water is so amazing! I love coming here. Your mastery of photography and minimal use of the perfect words remain with me for hours! So beautiful, Fi. Really!
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The reflections in the lake are gorgeous. You captured and shared a glorious finale for autumn color. Thank you.
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Yellow and green, it makes everything in the photo, cheers.
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The colors and reflection are stunning!
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Gorgeous color!!! I love the composition/reflection…beautiful!
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Amazing colors Lady Fi!
Love it and I love the reflections in the water…
Warm greetings, Anna
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Magical.
Only God can paint that beautifully 🙂 xx
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I love it! And I love your description of it being a grand finale. So true!
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Oh my….. yes, this is Grand Finale,- fantastic!!
🙂
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Oh my goodness, this is breathtakingly beautiful.
Such a perfect autumn photograph, and that reflection is amazing!
Beautifully done.
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As usual, you have succeeded in capturing the beauty of your surroundings. Lovely LadyFi.
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it gave me chills. so lovely.
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Wow, gorgeous trees and Autumn colors! It is a grand finale!
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It is breath-taking and just amazing!
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Autumn is such a glorious… albeit fleeting season ….. Beautiful captures Fi.
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It sure deserved to be a grand finale! Here, grand finale is a bit later than yours and the closer it gets to it, the more beautiful. I love the way you say “teaching us finales are also glorious transformations”
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achingly beautiful! We are far from ready for YOUR finale~
Aloha to YOU
from Honolulu
Comfort Spiral
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Yes, they go bare so quickly! This was a beautiful shot. 🙂
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I hope the colors come back for you! The leaves are finally starting to fall here!
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Beautiful. Those reflections in the water are grand.
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Great photo and absolutely beautiful colors.
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Very beautiful capture!
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You are right. What a beautiful end to the season.
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nice to see the finale instead of the bare trunks. 🙂
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Oh, indeed. only autumn can come, provide the wildest array of orange, reds and yellows ever and then leave a mute stone grey behind! 🙂 I loved the post and the images. Many thanks.
Greetings from London.
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Lovely, lovely scene!
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It’s a perfect reflection. How nice!
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stunningly beautiful. 🙂
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This is a beautiful shot… reminds me of water-colour paintings my Grandmother used to do.
Mollyxxx
Ps.. I have tried to leave my link on the Our World blog but the linky tool does not seem to be working?
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We have had some great color this Autumn. The Oklahoma wind is doing what it can to lessen it day by day. We’ll be very grey here very soon.
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· It is a pity. Our wonderful autumn is leaving. Whileit is here, I can enjoy your delicious photos.
· hugs
·CR· &·LMA·
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Wonderful colours and very warming.
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Beautiful!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
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Beautiful! I love autumn season best, and find it passes too quickly. Your photos are exquisite!
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Brilliant!
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Spectacular… Just amazing, the lives of trees.
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Fantastic! It’s bare here too, and we had a couple of grey days recently.
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Love the fall colors, it is such a short miracle and then it is all grey and rain, well here it is now!! Love that reflection.
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Beautiful Fall colors you had! Good to hear you are grey like us..but we have some white with our grey now:)
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Fall is so magical in it’s way! Great picture! Cheers, Danette
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What a beautiful autumn scene, and the reflection is spectacular. Love the horse photo, too!
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Nice capture of the grandeur and natural beauty of passing autumn!
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Gorgeous! Love all of the colors and the reflection in the water! 🙂
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This so fascinating with great conclusion of autumn gleam and reflections! Wonderful shot!
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You are always there capturing those stunning transformations, thank you LadyFi 🙂
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What glorious colours and wonderful reflections!
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you live in a beautiful world! great fall colors…
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Stunningly beautiful image!
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It’s such a beautiful time of year, too bad it couldn’t last a little longer…
Jen
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It doesn’t take long to go from that to nothing but thankfully your beautiful photography keeps it alive forever.
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ladyfi,
Oooooh, stunning !! This is knockout!!
keiko
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That’s a perfect ending to remember Fall with. Wow.
And speaking of WOW– I love the horse picture. My family has horses and your captured “breathing” perfectly.
xo jj
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WOW, breathtaking photo, stunning colors
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Going out in a blaze of glory!
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Have been savoring your wonderful photos coming into my IN box. This one is particularly pleasing, since I don’t see autumn colours here in the tropics. Maybe next year when I am in Moldova! (Leaving Manila for a white Xmas in Vienna soon.) Best of the festive season to you and yours, Fiona!
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I love autumn colours, especially in beautiful forests such as this one!
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