A close relative of Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia), Boston Ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata) shares the Parthenocissus habit of erupting in bright colors in the fall. These vines were growing on the stone wall along the railroad at the back of the South Side.
Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) in its autumnal red.
Two views of the lake in North Park as fall colors begin to show.
Boston ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata) begins to show its autumn color, and its little inedible grapes, on a garage wall in an alley on the South Side.
An experiment in HDR photography: this photo of the Robert Pitcairn mausoleum in the Homewood Cemetery is made from three separate exposures. It’s okay. It’s probably not much better than the result that could be got by manipulating one of the three pictures in the series.
Fall is old Pa Pitt’s favorite time to take pictures in cemeteries, and right now his Pittsburgh Cemeteries site is full of fall color.
Today old Pa Pitt wandered along the Saw Mill Run in Seldom Seen and set himself a challenge: to take pictures that could be published straight from the camera without any editing at all.
The skyline of downtown glimpsed from the northwest through fall foliage.
Next to Shenot’s Farm Market near Wexford in Marshall Township.
Early fall colors are appearing in the Saw Mill Run valley along the Beechview–Seldom Seen Greenway.
