Acton Camera: Your autumnal tints

“October is the month of painted leaves. Their rich glow now flashes round the world,” Henry David Thoreau wrote in “Autumnal Tints,” a now-classic essay published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862.

“As fruits and leaves and the day itself acquire a bright tint just before they fall, so the year near its setting. October is its sunset sky; November the later twilight.”

The season’s foliage has moved Concordians to train their lenses on nature’s display and to share their images with us — and you.

The Wheeler-Harrington House “in all her glory.” Photo courtesy of Jean Fain

Golden leaves and light along the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail. Photo courtesy of John Wesley Farnum

“The South Burying Ground was aglow. Acton is a staggeringly picturesque town, particularly in the fall.” Photo courtesy of Mike Rocha

A panoply of hues reflected in the waters behind Nashoba Brook Bakery. Photo courtesy of Liana Emley

“My son and puppy enjoying the peace and beauty of Punkatasset.” Photo courtesy of Alison Ruch

“Blueberry bushes in the Andromeda Ponds, Wright Woods.” Photo courtesy of Rachel Wheeler

What does Acton look like through YOUR lens?

Send your best photos or photo sets, along with a few words of context, to [email protected].

Acton Camera: Your autumnal tints

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