FALL-ing in love with details

Imagine that you have a piece of art in front of you. You are the type of person that loves to look at details? Or the big picture is really what matters?
Well, unless you see the details, you won’t get to see what the big picture is made of. Besides, unless we step back and occasionally look at the big picture, we would never know if the details we see were able to make a better sense.
That's why I think you always need both.
Now that you've already step back to see the big picture, get closer (really close, sometimes) to see the details! and breathe the Autumn :)

kiss,kiss 

JB*

FALL-ing in love with the big picture!

Why is Fall so beautiful here? oh! I just keep falling in love with this landscape; all these colors…
This weekend I went to Blacksburg (southwest of Virginia state) for a meeting, and I couldn't resist bringing the camera with me. It was a long trip (3h30) but I think it was worth it because I could breathe the autumn and observe all its magic tones! Fortunately, my labmate drove the car. God bless you! ;)
The Fall foliage it's just breathtaking! I wish some portuguese kings, like D. Afonso III and D. Dinis (check wikipedia ;)) had spread a few deciduous trees in our portuguese forests… (However, my sister, a geographer, told me those species are difficult to adapt to our Mediterranean climate; that's why we are surrounded by pines and shrubs, get it?)
And do you know why we see so many colors? So, the green leaf is green because of the presence of a pigment known as chlorophyll. However, as the chlorophylls degrade, the hidden pigments of yellow xanthophylls and orange beta-carotene are revealed. These pigments are present throughout the year (but masked by chlorophyll), but the red pigments, the anthocyanins, are synthesized de novo once roughly half of chlorophyll has been degraded. :)
Now, enjoy the topography and let’s leaf peeping!

kiss,kiss
JB*

And more Halloween!! May I?

Guys, I'm sorry... but I couldn't resist in posting more Halloween photos. I already posted about the candies and 'franchising', the zombies and now, of course, the houses! Houses FULL of decorations...breathing IT'S HALLOWEEN TIME!! It's really amazing! And again, here it's like the movies! They really commemorate Halloween, they do have the trick or treat (I hope next year I can photograph some costumed kids with their baskets full of candies :) )!
I have to say that these cute houses are perfect for decorating because they have this nice front porches and little yards.. Oh, I'm in love!

Kiss,kiss
JB*

PS: Extra scores for the blood fountain! :D