These composite images were made this last Tuesday on a little tributary of Taughannock creek. Although they were carefully stitched together and processed in the computer, their colors appear pretty much as I saw them; no filters or gimmicks here.
The gold comes from the decoloration of millions of leaves transported by the spring torrent, and also from a deep ochre muck that clings to the rocks on the stream bed of this beautiful little stream. The intense emerald green is, I am afraid, the result of farm runoff. Some of the red is a tenacious leftover from certain autumn leaves caught in branches and rocks. Other reds come, I think, from a certain mossy growth. I am a looker, not a botanist. Enjoy!
