Royalty Free Photos of Fall

Maple Leaf in Red

The “Happy Thanksgiving” text, unlike the watermark, is part of this picture. It was applied using the free Google Picasa image management software. The program is very easy to use. You can use it to apply whatever text you want to pictures you buy …

A Lone Cottonwood

Cottonwood trees in New Mexico, USA (Populus fremonti) need more water than is found on dry hillsides. This tree (actually a cluster of several trunks) took root at the very bottom of this many acre drainage (watershed). The soil where it is growing must be …

Pennsylvania Hillside

Fall is coming to this Pennsylvania countryside as you can tell by the changing colors of the trees. The grass is lush, rainfall is abundant and this picture creates an entirely different ambiance than the cottonwood growing in the harsh desert mountains.

Both have their place …

Oh Give Thanks to the Lord

For he is good! His mercy endures forever!

1 Chronicles 16:34

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An Aspen Leaf in Fall

This photo awaits your creative inspiration. The bright color of the leave against the dark rocks means a colorful annotation “Best Wishes”, “Happy Thanksgiving” or words of your choosing will stand out and look really nice.

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Red Chile Ristra

No matter if you spell it chile or chili these red pepper strands mean fall is here. The Ristra is woven from twine and keeps the freshly harvested chile dry and easily available. A large Ristra my easily hold a bushel of chile. In New …

Pumpkins, Peppers, & Ristras

In New Mexico, USA and other parts of the Southwestern USA Chile is a bigger item of interest than the pumpkin. As in most cases of cultural blending, the long tradition of fall chile harvests and the pumpkinds of our Pilgrim heritage have gotten blended.

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Oak Leaves in Fall

You know fall is coming to Northern New Mexico, USA when the oak leaves look like this. These leaves are on a cluster of Gambel oak which is the species that grows here (Quercus gambelli).

It is prized for firewood because it is one …

Oak Leaves and Blue Sky

In New Mexico the sky really is that blue!

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Maple Leaves and Blue Sky

This Maple is growing in Pennsylvania, USA. It was a clear day but you will notice the sky is not nearly as blue as the Oak tree picture above. Maples grow where there is a lot more moisture and the sunshine is more …

Natural Recycling in Action

Deciduous trees loose their leaves every fall. As fall comes, a barrier forms at the base of the leaf, cutting off the flow of nutrients and water to/from the leave. The chlorophyll that makes the leave green is gradually destroyed by sunlight and …

Maple Leaves in Fall

These Maple leaves don’t have the rich red colors you see sometimes, but they still make a pretty addition to the fall color scene.

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Beauty & Survival

The beautiful red leave are vines that force the tree they are growing on struggle to get enough sunshine to survive. So on some level a life and death struggle creates it’s own beauty.

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An Aspen Leaf

This aspen grew near Brazos river not far from Chama, NM, USA.

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Many Maple Leaves in Fall

These Maple leaves are about to drop from the tree and return their nutrients to the soil. At least that’s how it used to be. These days someone is probably complaining about having to rake them and the kids are looking forward to …

Lone Cottonwood

This cottonwood finds enough moisture to thrive in the arid Southwestern USA (New Mexico). In this picture you are looking north from I-40 between Albuquerque and Tijeras, NM. The land is part of the Sandia National Forest so there is no development from the tree all …