All A Blaze is a photograph by Darren Fisher which was uploaded on November 7th, 2013.
All A Blaze
Gorgeous colors of Autumn back lit by the sun and reflected in the water along Lake Nevin at Bernhaim Forest in KY. I have added effects and... more
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All A Blaze
Artist
Darren Fisher
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Photograph - Photography/ Digital Art
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Gorgeous colors of Autumn back lit by the sun and reflected in the water along Lake Nevin at Bernhaim Forest in KY. I have added effects and textures to create a painting look to this photo. Autumn leaf color is a phenomenon that affects the normally green leaves of many deciduous trees and shrubs by which they take on, during a few weeks in the autumn season, various shades of red, yellow, purple, and brown.[1] The phenomenon is commonly called autumn colours[2] or autumn foliage[3] in British English and fall colors,[4] fall foliage, or simply foliage[5] in American English.
In some areas of Canada and the United States, "leaf peeping" tourism is a major contribution to economic activity. This tourist activity occurs between the beginning of color changes and the onset of leaf fall. In late summer, as daylight hours shorten and temperatures cool, the veins that carry fluids into and out of the leaf are gradually closed off as a layer of special cork cells forms at the base of each leaf. As this cork layer develops, water and mineral intake into the leaf is reduced, slowly at first, and then more rapidly. It is during this time that the chlorophyll begins to decrease.
Often the veins will still be green after the tissues between them have almost completely changed color.
A lot of chlorophyll is located in Photosystem II (Light Harvesting Complex II or LHC II), the most abundant membrane protein on earth.[citation needed] LHC II is where light is captured in photosynthesis. It is located in the thylakoid membrane of the chloroplast and it is composed of an apoprotein along with several ligands, the most important of which are chlorophylls a and b. In the fall, this complex is broken down. Chlorophyll degradation is thought to occur first. Recent research suggests that the beginning of chlorophyll degradation is catalyzed by chlorophyll b reductase, which reduces chlorophyll b to 7-hydroxymethyl chlorophyll a, which is then reduced to chlorophyll a.[7] This is
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Janette Boyd
Your galleries are beautiful but this abstract caught my eye. The colors of Autumn are wonderful, alone, but the added artistic effects and textures makes this artwork very special! f/l/pin
Ed Weidman
such a beautiful fall image you created darren,really thought this was a painting at first look:) v/f