I've done a fair amount of autumn leaf photography in Nova Scotia during October and on my last trip to Cape Breton a week or so ago, I began to see bare trees and think that this is it for another year.
Yesterday, with camera in hand, I wandered out in downtown Halifax and found that there were still places worth photographing. I'm the most distant thing in the world from being a botanist, but I've noticed over the years that leaves in Halifax alway seem to come to their peak later than in other parts of the province.
Perhaps it's the type of trees. In downtown Halifax there don't appear to be a lot of maples so there is not the same mix of colours that you'd find on a mountainside in Cape Breton or along the shores of the Mersey River in Kejimkujik National Park, for instance.
I believe the trees I'm seeing in the city are largely beech trees, but I stand to be corrected. In any case, whatever they are, there is lots of variations on orange and yellow. Before I get deeper into a field on which I'm not an expert and raise the ire of the botanists among you, have a look at some of the photos I took in the last day or so. There are probably a few days left to duplicate these shots, but the leaves are disappearing fast.
Halifax City Hall in Grand Parade
Seaview Park beside Halifax Harbour in the city's northend
Royal Artillery Park on Sackville Street
The entrance to the Halifax Public Gardens at North Park and Sackville Streets.
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The following images were all taken in and around the Public Gardens
Wonderful pictures. I sent you a few Autumn picture that is on display at the Musée, West Pubnico. Check out Tourism web site for November to view the photos.
Bernice