This year has been an exceptionally good year for fall color in the Pacific Northwest. Lots of reds and brilliant yellows, and the leaves have stuck around even through a bunch of days of rain and wind. The changing colors and the colder temperatures make fall my favorite time of year, and so I set off for a few hours the other day to explore.

This late in the year, the leaves have mostly dropped up in the mountains, but I saw some reports online about some good color in the lowlands of the east slopes and decided to go check it out. I ended up driving over to Easton Ponds which was a location I had driven by hundreds of times, but never stopped. What a cool spot! There are 3 or 4 ponds ringed by colorful yellow and red trees. On the day I was there, the weather started with rain but quickly cleared out and I got some beautiful light on the trees, with a calm reflection in the pond.

I had a lot of fun in this location playing with different looks at the trees, from all angles. I even found a bunch of neat scenes in the reflections in the lake that looked almost like a painting!