Autumn on the Prairie

I've lived in Illinois, Wisconsin and spent a year in Ontario. 
Autumn in the forest is glorious!

Now, I live on the prairies of South Dakota. Fall always seems like the shortest season out here. We generally go from summer right into winter. I relish the leaf change of the trees. There is beautiful here on the SoDak prairie, yet different than the color canopy I grew up in. 

I went out a bit this morning to shoot some of the color. Here are my top three favorites.