The fall colors here in South-east Wisconsin are coming to an end. I’d say that about 70% of the trees are now bare and those trees that still have leaves aren’t going to have them for long. The forecast for  Thursday and Friday is calling for winds 20-30 mph with a chance of thunderstorms.

It’s been a strange fall here in Kenosha. It seems like it took forever for the colors to get here, and when they did get here they only peaked for a few days. The weather didn’t help matters. We had a pretty hard freeze in the middle of the month that wiped out most of the oak tree leaves, we’ve had over 4 inches of rain this month and to top it all off the wind has blown more days than it hasn’t. It’s been pretty tough conditions for photography.

I’m somewhat disappointed with how this fall has gone, but having said that, I’m very happy with the pictures I got this year. Considering I’ve only had a few days that were suitable for shooting, I was able to take advantage of them and get some real nice images.

I went out to Petrifying Springs yesterday for the last hoorah of the season, here are a few of the pictures I got.

Unless I happen upon a grove of trees that survive the next couple days, these will most likely be the last fall pictures from this year. Now it’s time to get ready for the winter snow and ice. I have ideas for pictures that will require me to get up for some sunrises and deal with sub zero temps this year. I’m already getting my gear ready to go, I just hope my body is ready too.

Also check out my SBDigitalArts post: At Autumn’s End

Fall colors in Kettle Moraine State Forest.

Anybody out there watch Storm Chasers on the Discovery Channel last night? Awesome episode. Maybe one of the best. They had twin tornadoes side by side in the Texas Panhandle. Here are a couple videos from the twin Texas Twisters that happened on April 29th.

The first video was shot by Reed Timmer and Chris Chittick from the show.  I shows a different perspective of the tornadoes than what they put on the show last night.

The second video is from David Drummond and Ben Holcomb. They aren’t on Storm Chasers, but they were chasing the same storm and had a very dramatic close call with the larger of the two tornadoes.