NYC Skyline and Beaver Moonrise

A photograph of the November full moon, as it rises during the sundown golden hour on a hazy day. The November full moon is referred to the Beaver Moon, based on native American lore, named for the time of year when beavers build their winter dams. It is also called Frost Moon and Mourning Moon.

Autumn Finale Mill Creek NJ

With most of the New Jersey Meadowlands marsh areas past their fall color prime a few days before Thanksgiving, I came upon this lone spot of marvelous color on a section of high ground above the marsh reeds and grasses.

Marsh Bridge and Emerging Autumn Colors

How quickly the beautiful, vivid colors of autumn come and go. This image is from just a little more than three weeks ago when the colors were just beginning to turn. Now, most of the trees are bare of their leaves. A view of the autumn grasses and trees and old wooden bridge in the New Jersey Meadowlands' Mill Creek Marsh. A Sweet Gum tree in the foreground is just beginning to develop its autumn hued leaves white grasses and other trees are tinged with the early golds of the season.

NYC Autumn Sunrise

Bright orange and golden clouds drifting across the sky, begin to give way to a blue sky in this sunrise image of the midtown Manhattan skyline and Hudson River..

Thanksgiving Greeting

Happy Thanksgiving!!!! In a time when so much of what is happening around us is negative, it's all the more important to celebrate the positive things and bright lights in our lives. This group is one of mine!!! Thanks for your views and comments each day and also for sharing your photos and experiences to broaden and brighten my world. An autumn farm display scene with pumpkins, gourds and yellow chrysanthemums with two border layers and a Happy Thanksgiving Greeting.

Pumpkin Hued Chrysanthemums

A chrysanthemum plant with orange hued mums. The flowers are just beginning to open and many buds just waiting for a few more sunshine days before they are ready.

Sundown Clouds over NYC

Layers and layers of a variety of different types of clouds, tinted with sundown yellow hues, fill the skies over New York City and cast shadows on the skyline buildings below. of the west side the city and the Hudson River.

NJ Meadowlands Autumn Afternoon

Just one of the lovely scenes to discover while walking at Mill Creek Marsh in the New Jersey Meadowlands. Autumn vegetation, cloud covered blue skies and a glimpse of the sky reflected in marsh waters on an overcast afternoon.

Two Canada Geese

Two Canada Geese standing on a submerged log to preen. They both briefly looked up at the same time. The colors of the marsh grasses and shrubs is reflected in the water.

Orange Button Mums

A frame filling cluster of orange and gold button mums and green leaves, bright and beautiful under muted sunlight.

Manhattan Golden Sunrise Skies

A view of the Hudson River and skyline of midtown Manhattan NY at sunrise with the sky and river bathed in hues of yellow and gold. Viewed from New Jersey.

Canada Geese in Flying Formation

A skein of Canada Geese in flight formation against a blue sky and white clouds as they fly southward high above the Hudson River over Manhattan and the New Jersey coastline. Those who are birders already know this but some fun facts about the formation: The wing flapping of each goose in the formation creates an uplift for the birds that follow. By using this V formation, the flock adds up to 71% greater flying range than a goose flying alone. When the lead goose tires, it rotates back into the formation and another goose flies to the point position.

Sunlight in Autumn Woods

A look into a woodland site in New Jersey with a variety of autumn foliage colors. Dark shade and shadows dominate with sunlight breaking through to highlight the foliage colors. Post-processing included a light paint filter for artistic effect.

Autumn Woodland Foliage

A look into a woodland site in New Jersey with a variety of autumn foliage colors. Dark shade and shadows dominate with sunlight breaking through to highlight the foliage colors. Post-processing included a light paint filter for artistic effect.

Clifftop Autumn Foliage-NJ Palisades

A glimpse of the colorful foliage along the top of the New Jersey Palisades cliff. Behind the huge rocks is a narrow roadway that creates a seven mile drive where drivers, bikers, runners and hikers very carefully negotiate sharing the road. The winding, foller coaster road is barely wide enough for two cars going in the opposite direction to pass each other and no place to pull over, stop and enjoy the view. That said, at peak fall foliage time, it is a beautiful sight to drive through the old growth forest of old trees dressed in their autumn finery

Sunrise Sky and NYC Silhouette

A view of the skyscrapers of midtown Manhattan as the sun is about to appear over the manmade horizon of the city, signaled by bright orange and gold hues with hints of blue appearing in the sky.

Foliage Framed George Washington Bridge

A black and white view of the Hudson River and New York Tower of the George Washington Brdige framed by foliage along the New Jersey river bank on a cloudy autumn day.

Mill Creek Bridge in Autumn Colors

An autumn landscape scene rich in wetland autumn color photographed at Mill Creek Marsh, New Jersey Meadowlands. In the foreground, a brilliant red sumac tree contrasts against the dense marsh grasses transforming into their winter gold and brown. In the background green tree foliage turning gold and an old wooden bridge over the unseen marsh water.

Richly Russet Chrysanthemums

A vertical format view of a cluster of russet hued mums in various states of opening.

Veteran's Day Tribute

American Flags blowing in the breeze agatins a blue sky and green trees with a Happy Veteran's Day greeting.

Autumn Foliage along the New Jersey Palisades

A view of the Hudson River and the cliffs of the New Jersey Palisades in peak autumn foliage color. A beautiful day for a walk along the river with a big blue sky above and reflected in the water. A close up look will show tiny figures walking along the riverside path at the base of the cliff to give an idea of the height of the Palisades. This view is looking northward where around the bend a few miles is the border of New York State.

NJ Marsh Autumn Foliage Reflections

A view of marsh grasses, shrubs and trees as they are transforming into their autumn color, reflected in the waters of Mill Creek Marsh, N.J. Meadowlands.

NYC-Emerging from the Fog

An early morning ground fog obscures the Hudson River and creates a sheer veil across the NYC skyline towers of Hudson Yards with a lone gull silhouetted against the fog as it flies by.

NJ Meadowlands Autumn Meditation

A myriad of green and gold autumn hues in the vegetation of Mill Creek Marsh N.J. beautifully reflected in the still high tide waters.