Ten photos taken in Otago/Southland in autumn, with one exception taken in early winter. All pictures I thought I mightn’t use if I didn’t collect them into a single post and get them online – hope you don’t mind some variety! New Zealand.
Yellow leaf that I liked the look of.
In the tropical part of the winter garden glasshouse, Dunedin Botanic Garden.
Detail from the rock garden at Dunedin Botanic Garden.
My last photo of the pretty toadstool I found locally, on a roadside verge.
Firewood pile at the far end of the Colchicum field.
Young native lancewood tree with big ambitions. Winter, Dunedin Botanic Garden.
Stooks in Southland. ~by Nigel.
Rosehips ~for fun I applied radial blur 🙂
Water sprinklers in a field near Millers Flat, Central Otago. ~by Nigel.
Snail Vine, tropical part of the winter garden glasshouse, Dunedin Botanic Garden.
Text by Liz, photos by Liz and Nigel; Exploring Colour (2021)
Exploring Colour 
A very nice collection, Liz, and great way to feature some images that aren’t quite a post on their own.
I really like the wood pile image, nice angles and lines of the fence and the gap in the boughs.
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Thanks Ellen! I couldn’t bring myself to not include the wood pile, for the reasons that you’ve described so well.
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You are welcome!
We heated with wood when I was in my teens, lots of memories stacking it up, bringing it in and stoking the fire. Is wood heat common in your area?
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Wood heat is very common here!
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Beautiful shots, Liz. I loved the radial filter shot–it is a cool effect that I have never tried.
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I’d read advice a while back that I’ve kept in mind. Before deleting an image that’s not up to scratch, think about trying something creative. I rarely try but it can be fun! ~and it’s a bonus to receive a lovely compliment too 🙂
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That’s great advice–there are so many ways of playing with a photo that I have not yet explored.
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I was going to say just what Louella said. Nice mix. When I first saw the notification I thought it said Autumn Mixellany. 🙂
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I very much like ‘Mixellany’ thank you 🙂
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An enjoyable look around autumn! I smiled to see the stooks, which used to be done in Caithness when I was a young kid. (In smaller fields on crofts – rectangular bales were done on the bigger farms.)
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That’s a nice memory! When I was growing up in Northland all the farmers did small rectangular bales, never saw older methods. Now small rectangular bales are unusual – most by far do the giant round bales and a few do giant rectangular bales.
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I had to look up ‘shooks.’ Sure enough, the word is related to ‘shocks,’ which I know as a way to bundle corn, and ‘sheaves,’ which is the word I associate with bundled grain.
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Well there’s another word! I had to giggle a little ’cause I had actually said “stooks”, that’s what my OH calls them (he’s originally from England).
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lovely images of autumn!! It’s summer up in the north!
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I hope it’s nice where you are! I still have lots of photos taken back in autumn but we’re in the latter stages of winter now – with small hints of spring just starting 🙂
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I love variety. Wonderful photos, Liz.
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Thank you!
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A nice autumn album, Liz! I like the radial blur shot, very hipster.
Does the shot with stacked sheaves mean that farmer is harvesting the grain by hand?
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Thanks Robert! I guess the harvest was done by hand but don’t know any detail.
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A nice mix of shots. 😊
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Cool! ~thanks 🙂
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