11.08.2021 Almost Monochrome Monday

I considered converting to black and white but like the coolness of the frost.  In some cases one color is acceptable to still be considered monochrome but this has some brown as well.  Some folks like to present images in both color and black and white but I prefer to settle on one. There are exceptions of course.

During the same shoot as yesterday’s glowing leaves, I noticed this leaf on a stem holding several but was able to isolate it at the top.

Swamp White Oak-Quercus bicolor can grow to 100 feet tall and form a nice round shape. That won’t happen here as this meadow, MacLeod Field, gets cut to the ground annually to avoid returning to forest which is good since that would eliminate all the orchids and other flowers that are there now. It is surrounded by a pine wood so there are plenty of trees for the wildlife that uses them.