An evening at lake Rutherford

                                     

It was late afternoon when I decided to take a walk and take these pictures. I'd been fishing (fishing, not catching) for the past two hours or so. It was kinda chilly, in the sun it was warm though. Ever notice how the sunlight is concentrated the last thirty minutes or so before the sun sets?

I sat down in the grass, and just sat there watching ducks fly in slow circles over the water. I looked up, and found the sun making the trees look contrasting colors. I decided to lay down and stayed there just looking up at the shadows and light on the trees, painting colors on the bark.

I love white birch trees, they never get very big but have a certain grace in there smooth white bark and small leaves.

Maple leaves are one of the first to turn from dark green to reds and yellows.

I flipped onto my stomach, and up close the moss looks like little foot hills.

The sun was starting to slide down close to the hills, so I decided to get a few shots of the flowers on the edge of the lake.

Thistles have some of the most beautiful shades of purple found in NJ

I noticed white puffs being tossed around by the mild breeze, there was about 100 of these plants next to the lake.

If you like to draw pine cones are a great thing to work with, all the cavities and spikes make it a challenge!

The lake was really low, and all the rocks where exposed. It gave the lake a very different look, it seemed more.... foreign somehow

I took one last shot before turning around and heading back, as soon as the sun fully dipped behind the hill it got chilly!