THANKS FOR SUBMITTING YOUR FALL FOLIAGE PHOTOGRAPHS! Our Fall Foliage Photo Contest has officially ended. Check out all the fantastic fall photographs we received in the galleries below, and be sure to visit Hudson Valley Magazine’s Ultimate Fall Travel Guide and our Facebook page for more fall fun.
Congrats to our grand prize winner, Michael Neil O’Donnell, who nabbed himself a free weekend stay at the Desmond Hotel in Albany.
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Patricia Wind, Rhinebeck
“From the Rhinecliff fire tower” (2011)
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Michele Roberti, Pien Bush
Sam’s Point Preserve: “This is a photograph of the water flowing down from the ice caves through the beautiful fallen leaves”
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Pamela Wiggins, Gardiner
“Millbrook Ridge is part of the Shawangunk Foothills to the Catskills. Driving through Gardiner on Rt 44-55, I noticed the sun rising over the Ridge. Having made my way further on the highway, I stopped at my favorite spot to take Ridge pictures and shot this one”
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- Grand prize winner Michael Neil O’Donnell sends us a self-portrait (holding his gift certificates to the Desmond in Albany) atop Millbrook Ridge on Mohonk Preserve at sunrise in December 2013. Michael says: “Sorry I look so pissed off — self-timer shots are hard!”
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Grand prize winner!
Michael Neil O’Donnell, Gardiner
Minnewaska: “Sunset lighting the cliffs along the eastern edge of Lake Minnewaska.”
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Week 1 contest winner!
Joe Turic, New Paltz
Esopus: “Hiking up Shaupeneak Ridge, the sun comes through the yellow foliage and makes its way to the forest floor of red. This was taken on Shaupeneak Ridge.”
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Week 2 contest winner!
Jeffrey Stedner of Steddy Pix Photography in Bloomingburg
Rte. 208, Gardiner: “Pumpkins ready to be harvested along Route 208 in Gardiner… representing the Hudson Valley’s fall season at it’s best!”
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Week 3 contest winner!
Joel Resnick of Croton-on-Hudson
“On the Bear Mountain Bridge: beautiful fall day looking north up the Hudson.”
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Week 4 contest winner!
Barbara Japal of Elizaville
“Taken from our deck in Livingston, overlooking Catskill Mountain range Round Top and the Hudson River: Catskill Mountain view, we have the drama of seeing the weather patterns as they are made on the spot: wind, rain and brilliant and dramatic sunsets, every day something is new and different. The autumn brings rosy warm hues, like looking at the world through rose-colored lenses, very comforting and lively.”
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Week 5 contest winner!
Justin Schmidt of Rosendale
Wallkill Valley Rail Trail, New Paltz: “I was out photographing down at the nature sanctuary off Huguenot Street. The parking lot for the sanctuary is right off the rail trail and this certain part of the trail was still so vibrant in yellow even so late into the season. I decided to have my dog Holly sit right in the center of the trail. She blended in perfectly with the colors all around her. I’m always taking pictures of her. She is a great photo subject, especially at this certain location.”