Friday, October 23, 2009

Harvest 2009

Harvest this year was just plain fun and my camera snapped more images of smiling faces (well they're smiling buried in grapes) and plump grapes than my cards could hold. Dan's vineyard yielded a good crop and once again his talented hard-working hands produced some beautiful grapes.

Next to cycling photography is a great release for me and vineyard shooting is one of my favorites so I ventured out of our vineyard and rode the trail. This last week I took a mid-morning ride and captured some of the most intense fall shots of the season.


Mile-after-mile, the reds and bright yellows of fall filled my frame with images of fall in Napa Valley. I stopped so much it was almost a chore to get my heart rate to any degree of "up", but the intensity of the colors did a good job and who knows...we may find out someday that the pressing of the shutter combined with the excitement of the shot...may burn more calories then we ever imagined. Now that's a good thought!