Autumn inspiration

One of the things I am very glad about is the fact that this year I am finally experiencing a proper autumn, exactly the way it should be. Ideally, autumn calls for comfortably warm afternoons spent on a sofa, sipping from a cup of cinnamon-scented tea, accompanied by a slice of freshly made appeltaart, under our favourite fleece blanket. Can't be farther from what it actually is in Rome - too warm to even think of the idea of comfort as described above. And in Dublin, around this time of the year, summer was leaving to grey, depressing days.

On the other hand, Amsterdam has offered amazing autumn days recently. Crisp air, sunny days, blue sky, make a nice contrast with the warmth of the reds and the yellows that are decorating the city with their powerful nuances.

I feel especially lucky because the legendary Dutch summer 2016 with its warm days and so little rain has left to an even better autumn atmosphere. I personally prefer cold weather over hot one, therefore I welcomed the fresh autumn breeze with a smile.

I would never get tired of filling my eyes with such a beauty and I took a couple of occasions to grab my camera and visit places where I knew the colours would have been at their best. The shots are taken in Amsterdamse bos and in Appeldorp, in another bos I can't remember the name of.

 Pictures have been taken over a couple of weekends in different light conditions in October 2016.
All pictures are taken by me with an Olympus PEN E-P3.