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rdonar: Fall for me represents mainly the birth of a new day in misty darkness. As a born child.Usually I climb up somewhere in misty night and then wait for the first sun rays in thick mist, watch the horizon, check again if camera is ready, listen to the hooting of the rutting stags and the grunting of the wild boars. Do you know how strangely silent could the world be in this time? How loud could the sound be when a drop of dew fall on the ground?

How do you find the best locations to shoot autumn?

rdonar: I like daybreak views over leaves forests or afternoon long lazy walks along rivers in deep valleys. The fall changes the colors of trees each day, weather condition is usually changing quickly, so every day I could create different photos. Sometimes I have to switch off my camera, hold breath and just silently watch.

How do you photograph in misty and foggy conditions? What tools do you use?

rdonar:I think, for the right fall photos an effort is necessary. The effort to get up in the middle of the night and early morning in the heavy mist and carry the heavy backpack to the location. Then, sweaty, frozen and blinded by mist, just wait for the Nature exhibition.

How do you photograph in misty and foggy conditions? What tools do you use?

rdonar:I think, for the right fall photos an effort is necessary. The effort to get up in the middle of the night and early morning in the heavy mist and carry the heavy backpack to the location. Then, sweaty, frozen and blinded by mist, just wait for the Nature exhibition.

What's your favorite memory of autumn?

rdonar: Once, few years ago, I was on the view point in rocks with six or more others photographers. Few of them spent on the view point the whole night with photographing of starry sky and taking long exposure photos when the mist began form bellow in the valley. The big Nature show started few minutes before daybreak. The gentle wind shook with big misty clouds in valley from side to side, sun changed colors of the sky from blue to purple and finally when the sky was bloody red, the first rays appeared at the horizon. We were wet from the thick mist and sweaty from quick photographing. Incredible morning.The whole time between us photographers, there was an older guy with hands in his warm jacket pockets who smiled all the time. Without camera, phone or another photo stuff. Just smiled. I asked him later why he climbed here without camera and what was the reason of his smile. He told me that he always in conditions like this took photos. That day he came only to enjoy the morning. Enjoy the nature show for his own eyes. Not anything else. I think of that man's words often.