What is the best lighting and weather for fall color?
Once again, it really doesn’t matter what kind of lighting you encounter. Each type of lighting offers different opportunities. If it’s sunny, you get the benefit of blue sky and strong light and shadow. However, when the sky is overcast or when clouds obscure the sun, you get the benefit of enhancing the colors of the leaves relative to the rest of the surroundings.
Once again, it really doesn’t matter what kind of lighting you encounter. Each type of lighting offers different opportunities. If it’s sunny, you get the benefit of blue sky and strong light and shadow. However, when the sky is overcast or when clouds obscure the sun, you get the benefit of enhancing the colors of the leaves relative to the rest of the surroundings. This photo uses fall color and a blue sky to create a very striking background for an historic 19th century bridge on the Delaware River. Notice how the sun casts strong shadows on the stone base of the bridge. The direct sun falling on the hillside on the far side of the river illuminates the fall color in flat light. This photo, below left, was taken with the sun high overhead and slightly behind the trees. A warm mid-day haze adds to the feeling of the photograph and mutes the colors of the leaves and the hillside behind, while creating bright highlights on the river at the bottom of the scene. By finding the right angl
