This picture was taken in October in Half Moon Bay, California, USA. Half Moon Bay is a mecca for pumpkin-heads, since it holds an annual Pumpkin Festival. Looking at the calendar, we are nearly half a year away from Halloween. And that means that in the Southern Hemisphere, it must be pumpkin time! I could eat them year-round.

Pumpkins and other squash are a great symbol of the autumn harvest. These orange orbs make for some nice pictures, too. Green or blue colors set off the orange really well. This pumpkin patch was in a dusty field, so the orange pumpkin color didn't pop as much as it would have with a darker background, but I like the rows of sunflowers, corn (mostly hiding a parking lot), and deep green trees behind the field. With the forested hill above this farm, I didn't even get the sky in the frame, but it may have been too bright anyway.

Taken with Samsung Galaxy cell phone, which had a nicer camera than the phone I use now.