Fall colors on the sidewalk of Jane Street.
-
Autumn on the South Side
-
Virginia Creeper in Fall Color
Some of the brightest and purest reds in the fall come from Virginia creeper, or woodbine. It is a beautiful vine all summer, but when its glossy dark green leaves turn fiery red in fall, it can light up whole tree trunks in the woods. These vines grew (and fruited) at the edge of a small parking area on the South Side Slopes.
-
Fall in Mellon Square
Mellon Square is one of the few open spaces downtown, and the only way a whole block could be opened up was by, in effect, making an inverted building under it. Several layers of parking garage are under the square, and the Smithfield Street side, which is below the level of the square, has a row of storefronts along the street.
-
Autumn Leaves in Bird Park
Autumn colors in Bird Park, a stream-valley park in Mount Lebanon.
-
The Many Colors of the Sweetgum
No tree celebrates fall more enthusiastically than Liquidambar styraciflua, the North American sweetgum. Pittsburgh is a little north of its native range, but it has been adopted everywhere as a favorite urban planting. In the fall, its leaves turn every color of which autumn leaves are capable, all on the same tree—from bright yellow to the deepest eggplant purple.
Camera: Konica-Minolta DiMAGE Z3.
-
November in the Woods
-
Autumn Leaves and the Graham Monument, Allegheny Cemetery
No one seems to know who the sculptor was, but this 1890 portrait of mourning and consolation is one of the best things in the cemetery. The leaves help, of course.
Camera: Kodak EasyShare Z1485 IS.
-
Autumn at the Point
-
Golden Forest
In these pictures, once again, Father Pitt challenged himself to take pictures that could go directly from the camera to the public without any cropping or other adjustments.
Camera: Canon PowerShot S45.
-
More Fall Colors
These were all taken directly from the 99¢ camera, without passing through any image editor, after a walk through the woods.