It’s fall here in the Okanagan! At the start of October the leaves were starting to change colour but every week it gets a bit cooler and the fall foliage appears even more!
In this episode I take you with me as I photograph fall foliage in a number of locations in Kelowna, BC!
Check out the photos from each location!
Gyro Beach
For this photo I collected a bunch of leaves that had fallen on the beach and sprinkled them in front of the camera. I like the blurred effect of the leaves so I kept my aperture to f/2.8 but I wanted to capture the placement of the leaves in the frame so my shutter speed stayed between 1/1000 and 1/2000 sec.
I think adding the falling leaves adds a creative element to the photo and I loved the juxtaposition of the beach hut against the fall foliage (photo on the right).
Tugboat Beach/Waterfront Park/Downtown Kelowna Area
I had a pleasant fall stroll from Tugboat Beach to Downtown Kelowna capturing all those autumn colours!
For this picture below I framed the dolphin statue with an orange leaf I found on the ground and the trees above. When you park in the parking lot this is the first picture-spot you’re going to want to capture!
A little further down Waterfront Park is your second picture-spot! If you cross the pond you’ll see a gorgeous set of autumn coloured trees. To make the photo more interesting I used my phone to create a reflection!
When you continue walking down the boardwalk to downtown Kelowna you’ll see more beautifully coloured fall trees! I just can’t get over how vibrant they look when the sun hits them!
I was looking for a perfect way to capture these fall trees and I’m so glad I found it! I loved these little boats in front of the fall trees and to capture it more interestingly I used my phone to create a reflection shot where the water was.
Of course I couldn’t resist trying to get one double exposure shot! For this (photo on the right) I took a photo of the dolphins, then in my Olympus EM1 Mark II I went into Menu -> Camera 2 -> Multiple Exposures -> Set ‘Number of Frames’ to 2f -> Set ‘Overlay’ to ‘On’ -> Selected a photo from the library -> Took a close-up photo of a leaf.
Mission Creek Greenway
Mission Creek Greenway is suppose to turn this gorgeous yellow colour along the river and I was a bit too early to capture this. When I visited a couple weeks ago it was primarily green, about 40% of the trees have turned but I will visit again in a couple weeks (end of October) to see how the fall foliage is progressing!
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Cheers to chasing fall foliage!