eyewall

Definitely seeing some solid color here and there in Raleigh but I think it is going to be staggered instead of a blanket peak. We shall see:

This last shot is from 2 days ago

It won't verify but:

First freeze in Raleigh as well.

First freeze is in the books.

On 10/29/2023 at 10:41 AM, wxeyeNH said:

41F  IP  first frozen of the year but still have not hit 32.0F

 

Nice! I actually had some graupel when I was checking out the foliage in NC on 10/20 with a convective shower. I am hearing BTV is seeing some snow today. I miss that November start On a side note I did put this together finally after getting through the stills:

I finally got around to putting this clip together from 10/20:

Happy Halloween! I am still going through these shots and finding a few decent ones. This has a spooky feel to it.

Beautiful evening in Raleigh:

4 hours ago, DavisStraight said:

Got some good reds and orange which was lacking over here, bright yellows and some muted reds here but it's much brighter there.

It was the first good one in NC since 2020.

On 10/20/2023 at 6:55 PM, wxeyeNH said:

I would say that the foliage peaked today here in the NW Lakes Region of NH.  I took the drone up for a quick look around before the rain.  My Aspens and birch were vibrant but I think the HDR settings made it a bit more saturated than what I saw with the naked eye

 

Very nice video! I may have not had much luck up there on my trip but the NC Mountains really popped this year!

11 hours ago, Tyler Penland said:

I haven't had a lot of shooting time since I got back from put west but made it out some today. Definitely a good color year and a crazy sunset.

The waterfall shot is a good one!

29 minutes ago, Met1985 said:

A few more from this weekend. And phenomenal shots Eyewall!

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Thank you and what a year!

7 minutes ago, Buckethead said:

Those are phenomenal man! What are you shooting with?

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Thank you! An older Nikon D300

And finally some of the best ground shots I have ever taken anywhere for fall foliage (from 10/20/2023):

I would love to check out Maggie Valley next fall! Great pics there.

Yep also had the first frost here.

15 hours ago, Met1985 said:

Dang I definitely need to get a drone! Amazing shots man. You literally came up at the perfect time. 

Oh yeah it was fantastic! I love the clouds adding drama and bringing out the colors and because of the weather/day I avoided the crowds. If I had to choose 4 of my favorites from the series these would be them:

A few more:

Still going through the 10/20 shots:

Here are some more shots (and I re-edited some of the earlier ones):

I have a lot more to go through but some of what I got yesterday:

I definitely hit it right for dramatic skies and foliage today. I will share photos later on.

Just had graupel at Linn Cove

3 hours ago, wxeyeNH said:

Looks like our foliage peak will be tomorrow or Friday here in the NW Lakes Region of NH.  Wind and rain this weekend will bring most of the leaves down except the oaks which always follow.

I would give this season a 4 out of 10 so far but colors are rapidly changing.  My guess would have been the peak this weekend if the storm and wind had held off.

 

It was definitely a rough year up there as I found out on my trip, especially following how vibrant 2022 was. It may have been the worst foliage year in quite some time I would guess.

I am coming up for foliage on Friday. Hopefully the colors hold up. NY/VT was a letdown this year.