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Enjoy browsing this great collection of posters, photos, and fine art prints of
fall colors. For information about ordering any of these Autumn posters, just
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custom framed.
While winter approaches the leaves begin to turn colors, and create some of the
most beautiful scenes even as the days get shorter, and the temperatures get
colder.
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The word autumn comes from the Old French word autompne (automne in modern French), and was later normalized to the original Latin word autumnus. There are rare examples of its use as early as the 14th century, but it became common only in the 16th, around the same time as fall.
Before
the 16th century harvest was the term usually used to refer to the season.
However as more people gradually moved from working the land to living in towns
(especially those who could read and write, the only people whose use of
language we now know), the word harvest lost its reference to the time of year
and came to refer only to the actual activity of reaping, and fall and autumn
began to replace it as a reference to the season.
The alternative word fall is now mostly a North American English word for the
season. It traces its origins to old Germanic languages. In the US, autumn is
also associated with the
Halloween
season.
How To
Photograph Autumn Color
What determines a leaf’s color?
When trees bud in the spring, their green leaves renew forests and delight our
senses. The green color comes from the pigment chlorophyll, which resides in the
leaf’s cells and captures sunlight for photosynthesis. Other pigments called
carotenoids are always present in the cells of leaves as well, but in the summer
their yellow or orange colors are generally masked by the abundance of
chlorophyll.1
In the fall a kaleidoscope of colors breaks through. With shorter days and
colder weather, chlorophyll breaks down, and the yellowish colors become
visible. Various pigments produce the purple of sumacs, the golden bronze of
beeches, and the browns of oaks. Other chemical changes produce the fiery red of
the sugar maple.² When fall days are warm and sunny, much sugar is produced in
the leaves. Cool nights trap it there, and the sugars form a red pigment called
anthocyanin.
Leaf colors are most vivid after a warm, dry summer followed by early autumn
rains, which prevent leaves from falling early.2 Prolonged rain in the fall
prohibits sugar synthesis in the leaves and thus produces a drabness due to a
lack of anthocyanin production.
Still other changes take place. A special layer of cells slowly severs the
leaf’s tissues that are attached to the twig. The leaf falls, and a tiny scar is
all that remains. Soon the leaf decomposes on the forest floor, releasing
important nutrients back into the soil to be recycled, perhaps by other trees
that will once again delight our eyes with rich and vibrant colors. From
Do
Leaves Die.
Why Leaves
Change Color, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service
Northeastern Area Fact Sheet SP-01-01,
Bardon, Robert,
Changing
Color, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service
Fall Photos
