Sedona Fall
by Randy Jackson
Title
Sedona Fall
Artist
Randy Jackson
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
It was Thanksgiving day and we took a drive up Oak Creek Canyon out of Sedona. As we crested over the last hill dropping back into Sedona I saw the most amazing light on the oak trees lining Oak Creek. I quickly pulled off, across traffic, to a small turnout and started looking at the scene. I had never seen the leaves on the trees this late in the fall, but this year was extremely hot and remained so late into fall. A couple of times in my photographic life I had seen light shimmering off the leaves and reflecting the sun that had peeked through a hole in the clouds. I knew this light was fleeting and it was necessary to shoot quickly before the light dissipated. Ijumped out of the car and grabbed my tripod in case I needed to take a longer exposure.
I took 18 frames at various shutter speeds and apertures. And then, just as quick as the light lit the trees like they were on fire, the light dropped behind the clouds and turned the scene into a monochromatic mush. I have gone back to that location on Thanksgiving ever since and have never seen the combination of leaves still on the trees, the unique coloring of the post-fall colors and the spectacular light that made the leaves shimmer and glow. This shows how God can show off his most beautiful creation after a thunderstorm and rain. This is one of those photographs that a photographer gets once in a lifetime.
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June 30th, 2013
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