Who says Texas doesn't have nice fall colors just hasn't looked in the right place. Although many of the fall colors were past their prime in many parts of Martin Dies Jr State Park during our visit, there were still some pockets. I made this in the early afternoon on a cloudy drizzly day. Shot this across the water from where we were camped and narrowed my focus down to just this area. The one stark tree that appears have met it's demise added just the right drama I was looking for and made the scene. Sometimes you just have to know where to look. The big picture can be great, but sometimes a more narrowed focus makes the image. Photo by Steve Coyle Photography (www.stevecoylephotography.com)
One of the park roads in Martin Dies Jr State Park. With fall comes fewer campers as the kids are back in school and on this particular weekend it was fairly wet and dreary. All the leaves on the road gave it the feeling that no one had been there in quite a while. Photo by Steve Coyle Photography (www.stevecoylephotography.com)
My wife and I went out to Colorado Bend State Park looking for an image to go in a calendar of the Texas state parks that I am considering making for 2020. I thought with all the rain we have had this fall and winter Gorman Falls would be flowing pretty well. Waterfalls are not something Texas is known for, but for anyone that has stood at the base of Gorman Falls 70 foot drop, you know this is a special place. The travertine that makes up the falls provides some strange shapes if you look closely in the right areas (bring a pair of binoculars since you'll need them to see the formations up close as the waterfalls are roped off to protect the sensitive environment around them). Photo by Steve Coyle Photography (www.stevecoylephotography.com)
