Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve #2

Posted by Steven (Chicagoland, United States) on 19 October 2012 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.

A ravine full of autumnal colors as spotted in the Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve in the Highwood/Lake Forest area, about 25 minutes north of Chicago.

Photo captured October 13, 2012.

NIKON D7000 1/125 second F/3.5 ISO 200 18 mm

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Comments (35)

Nigel from Avening, United Kingdom

Glorious autumnal splendour

19 Oct 2012 7:42am

Curly from South Shields, United Kingdom

Great splashes of colour, very much needed as I look at a blanket of thick grey fog this morning.

19 Oct 2012 7:59am

tataray from france, France

L'automne dans toute sa beauté... Extra.)

19 Oct 2012 8:00am

Francisco Romero from Carbajal de la Legua, Spain

This is gorgeous, Steven! Grandiose assembling of colors!

19 Oct 2012 8:34am

Stephen from Canberra, Australia

Beautiful shot - we see every colour of the autumn spectrum!

19 Oct 2012 11:40am

Heinz from Hamm, Germany

Super dieses Licht und die Farben.

19 Oct 2012 1:02pm

Alun from cheshire, United Kingdom

I do love this time of year, great shot

19 Oct 2012 1:37pm

Judy aka L@dybug from Brooksville, FL, United States

Great colors on a gray and perhaps damp day!

19 Oct 2012 1:39pm

Mhelene from Villiers-sur-Marne, France

Wow ...So beautiful !!

19 Oct 2012 2:04pm

yo from Ile de France, France

Une région vraiment superbe en automne !

19 Oct 2012 3:13pm

Denny Jump Photo from Easton, PA, United States

Just absolutely perfect! I completely love this scene - Great job, Steven!!

19 Oct 2012 3:27pm

Mariana Maoduš from Waterloo, Canada

I almost died yesterday in a pretty forest like this one :)
Gorgeous colors and light !

19 Oct 2012 3:38pm

@Mariana Maoduš: I'm glad you made it out alive and I look forward to seeing those photos..............of the pretty forest that is!!

Phil Morris from Saskatoon, Toronto, Canada

I stumbled upon the remains of Mariana and revived her, so keep your shirt on,
beautiful photo !!~

19 Oct 2012 5:52pm

@Phil Morris: LOL, Phil!!

Florence from Paris, France

Fall season offers such a delicious palette. Fantastic and flamboyant colors.

19 Oct 2012 5:58pm

Ruthiebear from Titusville, NJ, United States

A beautiful image of fall in its full glory.

19 Oct 2012 6:35pm

B. Thomas from Arlington, Texas, United States

Wonderful autumn colors.

19 Oct 2012 6:56pm

Vert Pomme from Montreuil Sous Bois, France

Une féerie de couleurs automnales. Vite un Spotlight......

19 Oct 2012 7:47pm

Baldwin from Venezuela

You're making me jealous with all these magnificent colors ... Impressive colorful view !!! Amazing shot ...

19 Oct 2012 7:51pm

Steve Rice from Olympia, United States

These colors are delightful!

19 Oct 2012 8:47pm

Michael Fresh from Chester, United Kingdom

'Fall' color scheme, a beautiful image full of rich tones.

19 Oct 2012 10:12pm

Elaine Hancock from Rockville, United States

Absolutely beautiful! We have nothing like that!

19 Oct 2012 10:38pm

john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States

gorgeous color

19 Oct 2012 10:48pm

SharonPleasants from Monroe, United States

Beautiful colors!

19 Oct 2012 11:43pm

Harry from Apex, NC, United States

Lovely fall colors, though the sky seems washed out.

20 Oct 2012 4:08am

Othersideblue from Kerman, Iran

Oh God this is fabulous!

Turn this into a huge sized wall paper to cover the sitting room wall with.

20 Oct 2012 4:50am

Sylvie from France

very fantastic and beautiful colors.

20 Oct 2012 9:39am

LauraS from Chico, United States

Bravo! What magnificent colors.

20 Oct 2012 8:12pm

Antoine from France

Absolutely beautiful. It's a very nice photo. Excellent work Steven. Have a lovely day. Amicalement Antoine.

21 Oct 2012 11:10am

Jason Politte from Conway, AR, United States

Wow, your Autumn colors are gorgeous, Steven! I don't think we'll see anything that nice around here this year due to the drought. Lovely shot!

21 Oct 2012 1:56pm

Enzo from Lausanne, Switzerland

Encore de splendides teintes automnales!

21 Oct 2012 6:36pm

Michael Rawluk from Williams Lake, BC, Canada

Colour has sure invaded your part of the world. Very nicely shot.

22 Oct 2012 4:39am

Don Levesque from Saint John, Canada

Autumn splendor! Beautiful capture!

22 Oct 2012 10:10pm

franz from Baden, Austria

wow, autumnal splendour at its very best ... as if someone had spilled all their gold paint there ;-))

23 Oct 2012 10:04am

Rick from Toronto, Canada

Richly colored Autumnal glory.

23 Oct 2012 8:47pm

k@ from Paris, France

What a palette, glorious one.

26 Oct 2012 1:13pm