Still Life
After these images arrived from the Upper Sacramento River, photographed by Philip Reedy, I accused him of transforming himself from a magazine cover photographer to a gallery photographer.
Phil was out on one of his many trips scouting locations and photographing possible covers for fly fishing magazines.
Yet, he spent a few moments away from the river to notice these images of autumn waning.
Phil wrote, “I started at Sims Flat for the nice view of Mt Shasta, then on the Castella so see what remained of the colors along the river. From there I hit Conant and there were a lot of gorgeous leaves along the railroad tracks. The leaves were all on the ground at the Castle Crags picnic area, but they were fringed with frost and quite lovely.
“Scott Embrey and I made the drive down to Ash Camp just below the dam on Lake McCloud. I went mainly went to work on fly fishing pictures, but there were bright orange leaves on the ground everywhere. This looks like it could be excellent in October, next year.”
McCloud River (12/3/20) Philip Reedy 
McCloud River (12/3/20) Philip Reedy 
McCloud River, Ash Camp (12/3/20) Philip Reedy 
McCloud River, Ash Camp (12/3/20) Philip Reedy 
Upper Sacramento River, Castella (12/3/20) Philip Reedy 
Upper Sacramento River (12/3/20) Philip Reedy 
Mt Shasta, Upper Sacramento River, Sims Bridge (12/3/20) Philip Reedy
The area is definitely past peak. Though, as is obvious from Phil’s photographs, even after the forest has dropped nearly all its leaves, there is still life to be found.
For those who must know, the uppermost photograph was taken by a Nikon D850, 1/40 sec at f16, ISO 200, 24-70mm f2.8 lens at 50mm.
- Upper Sacramento River – Past Peak, You Missed It.
- McCloud River – Past Peak, You Missed It.
