Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for October 22, 2023

God has a sense of humor

When I took a picture of a mountain, an old man with a tripod said “The trick is to wait for the sun to come out for better lighting.” The sun did not come out and the weather got worse.

Isn’t that the true of it

haha

The only thing missing is them all screaming AHHHHH! (ala Monty Python)

He who looks for perfection is not only not going to find it, he will miss the moment entirely.

Of course in Australia we don’t tend to have leaves fall (unless from imported Northern Hemisphere trees). They tend to loose branches instead.

They could have taken more than one picture.

Oh well.

It seems like the FOOMP is coming later and later every year.

There’ll be another one next year.

He should have told them to ‘not move’ before taking the picture. Now, he’ll have to do a downshot instead of an upshot.

The colors stand out better when it’s a dreary, drizzly day.

As Maxwell Smart used to say, “Missed it by that much.”

Fall fell…

Must be a ginkgo forest.

He who hesitates…..lol

Digital cameras are wonderful, but they have taken all the fun out of photography for me. First off, they cost $.00 per shot, so one doesn’t have to be the least bit selective. Second, they eliminate the excitement in waiting to see what develops. (Yes, I know there is still film available, but no more Kodachrome.) Third, any doofus can use one and get really good shots.

A number of years ago, we went to an Ansel Adams exhibit in the Eastman House in Rochester. As I recall, in a video we saw of him there, he said he thought of his negatives as a composer might well think of his work… it was to be interpreted by others, especially with new technology.

Patience is NOT always rewarded.

He is holding the phone in “stick photo” position where you can’t get the full perspective of the scene, just a little slice. Somehow phones weigh more held horizontally, I guess.

I was kind of hoping the last panel would involve bears.

Digital cameras make “wait foir right light” a cliche. You cam always take multiple pics with different lighting conditions. Sometimes the other shots will amaze you.

Talk less; shoot more.

I’ve seen days where it seemed like the leaves were falling almost that fast. Or it happened overnight.

Really enjoying the trend of comments today. I have both collected and taken photos of about everything I enjoyed for the 75 years since my first camera. Always looking for the ‘perfect’ shot. And sometimes I get it.

Good to know there are kindred souls still out there ‘hunting.’ Keep snapping, Friends, there’s beauty and fascination everywhere.

Autumn should be renamed from Fall to FOOMP.

I take the available picture and then see if I can get a better one later.

The important thing is that you saw it. Recording it is nice, but the real thing in real time is what travel is all about.

I have a feeling that I’ve seen a strip very similar to this one before. Anyone else remember one like this?

The Texas way. Leaves on trees one day then gone the next day.

Obviously not oaks… they drop leaves the year around. My neighbor’s maples would do this tho. They would all turn a glorious yellow… be that way for about a week and then all fall within 24hrs.

We have the most spectacular “street tree” at our house. The city planted a small Gingko tree in the grass strip between the sidewalk and street. It’s now a massive tree! When the leaves turn gold and the sun shines on it, it’s the only thing you notice as you turn onto our street. However – it practically drops all its leaves at once. The street is paved in gold, as is the sidewalk :-)

Today, Oct. 22, is the 6th anniversary of my favorite cartoon of all time (no words necessary):

gocomics.Com/nonsequitur/2017/10/22

That’s why they call it “Fall”.

Looks like a case of analysis paralysis

Since you aren’t buying film that needs to be developed, there’s no need to be so stingy. Take a bunch. Later, you may find in one of the images that there’s a Wiley bear staring at you and deciding you’re too old and bony to bother with.

Come for the beautiful art, stay for the laughs. We have a winner!

The weather is so weird here (too warm) the trees haven’t noticed yet this is autumn. The forest is green. But I have hope. Today I saw a tree sporting red leaves.

Fall is nice, but I’m still looking forward to winter.

Most of the leaves turn brown before they fall. To each his own.

Here (northern Virginia) the colors seem to change overnight.

Yesterday, the red oak outside my office window had one small branch of changing leaves. Today, the whole tree is tinged red-brown. (and since it’s young—maybe 15yrs— those leaves will linger until spring when new growth will push them off.)

The dogwood is sultry red. The redbud is saffron yellow, and the other oaks wear variations of brown and orange.

Last weekend, everything here was still solidly green (except the Yoshino cherry. Its leaves had already yellowed and blown away.)

If I could only have one tree in Autumn, it would be a sweet gum—for the range of color on just one tree.

Wiley hit the nail on the head. Yesterday peak beauty, today raking it off your lawn.

Yup pretty, but gone in a flash. And then…..

Why can’t I see the comic in Edge? That’s where I auto-sign in to GoComics. Had to load it in Firefox, back to Edge to comment.

Mighty good timing – it was windy here in Central PA, and all the leaves did indeed blow off the trees in one day. Or such it seemed!

..take a slo-mo video…