I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
— Henry David Thoreau
There’s something about autumn that calls us outside like no other season.
The leaves atop the trees are all in a sea of change, coming together to form one beautiful masterpiece. The crisp, cool air makes any activity — hiking, hunting, fishing, birdwatching, hammocking — downright pleasant. The animals in flight or scurrying along the ground are all abuzz, preparing for the next season to come.
It’s a season alive with activity, yet somehow quite calming and serene all at once. And the best part about it is no matter where you are, you have a front row seat to all of it. So, pull up a chair, a hay bale, or even a pumpkin, and take it all in.
White-tailed deer | Noppadol Paothong | 100-400 mm lens | 1/12500 sec | f/8
Monarch butterfly on sunflowers | David Stonner | 400 mm lens | 1/640 sec | f/5.6
Cecropia moth | Noppadol Paothong | 105 mm lens | 1/60 sec | f/11
Red maple leaves | David Stonner | 24-70 mm lens | 1/800 sec | f/6.3
Yellow maple leaves | David Stonner | 24-70 mm lens | 1/160 sec | f/4
Maple tree | David Stonner | 24 mm lens | 1/200 sec | f/4
Henning Conservation Area panorama | David Stonner | 100-400 mm lens | 1/800 sec | f/5
Yellow-rumped warbler | Noppadol Paothong | 600 mm lens | 1/60 sec | f/8
Frost‘s bolete mushroom | David Stonner | 600 mm lens | 1/800 sec | f/8
Trumpeter swans at Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge | David Stonner | 500 mm lens | 1/2500 sec | f/5.6
Ozark autumn color | David Stonner | 70-200 mm lens | 1/60 sec | f/2.8
Autumn dogwood leaves | Noppadol Paothong | 70-200 mm lens | 1/60 sec | f/2.8
Wetland sunset at Grand Pass Conservation Area | David Stonner | 100-500 mm lens | 1/125 sec | f/4.5
Red-winged blackbird | Noppadol Paothong | 600 mm lens | 1/1000 sec | f/10
Duck hunters | David Stonner | 400 mm lens | 1/2000 sec | f/5.6
Dove hunting | David Stonner | 70-200 mm lens | 1/125 sec | f/4.5
Duck hunt at Fountain Grove Conservation Area | David Stonner | 100-400 mm lens | 1/400 sec | f/5.6
Also In This Issue
Preserving the nighttime darkness for the health of wildlifeDark
Maysville teachers bring lessons from the field into the classroom
And More...
This Issue's Staff
Editor - Angie Daly Morfeld
Associate Editor – Larry Archer
Photography Editor – Ben Nickelson
Staff Writer – Kristie Hilgedick
Staff Writer – Joe Jerek
Staff Writer – Dianne Van Dien
Designer – Marci Porter
Designer – Kate Morrow
Photographer – Noppadol Paothong
Photographer – David Stonner
Circulation – Marcia Hale