
Seasons and weather offer so much: beautiful images, and ideas and moods ranging from brightness to sadness, hopefulness, outdoor fun, Christmas, harvest, silence, even the ominous. Here you’ll find an assortment of seasonal and weather photos. You can download the images below for free.
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Three yellow poplar leaves with a touch of green, lying on cracked grey stone. Symbol of autumn, age, division, loss. Quarter-page size 1650 x 1275px (300ppi). Actual print size 5.5 x 4.25.

A rainy day casts an atmospheric haze over the far shore and sky at an edge of the Annapolis Basin in Nova Scotia. The green foreground fades into the silvers and greys of the water, sky and heavily wooded far shore. YouTube Slideshow size 1280 x 720px (72ppi).

A single red-and-gold maple leaf is the focal point of a mass of green and yellow leaves. Symbol of autumn, of change, of individuality, of standing out from the crowd. YouTube slideshow size 1280 x 720px (72ppi).

A single brown maple leaf lying on green grass, all touched by frost. Quarter Page size 1275 x 1650px (300ppi). Actual print size 4.25 x 5.5″

Storm clouds moving in from the left shoulder away the blue sky, bringing an ominous darkness with them. YouTube Slideshow size, 1280 x 720px (72ppi).

Brilliant sunbeams pour through a break in heavy storm clouds over dark mountains. Feeling of hope renewed. YouTube slideshow size, 1280 x 720px (72ppi).

The sadness and coolness of autumn: bare-branched shrubs, dull gold of fall foliage on trees, with heavy mists and low clouds almost hiding the distant mountains. YouTube slideshow size 1280 x 720px (72ppi).

A towering maple tree with gold and orange fall foliage fills the left half of the image, with a background of hazy sky and trees with still-green leaves. Half-Page size 1650 x 2550px (300ppi). Actual print size 5.5 x 8.5″.

The sun dips behind the distant mountains, making a silhouette of the hills and two solitary trees in the foreground. Feelings of peace and calm. Half-Page size 2550 x 1650px (300ppi). Actual print size 8.5 x 5.5″.

Lonely wheel-tracks, bordered by bare trees and dead grass, disappear over the crest of a hill on a rainy day. Has a neglected and somewhat ominous feel. Quarter Page size 1650 x 1275px (300ppi). Actual print size 5.5 x 4.25″.

Near and far snow-covered slopes dotted with evergreens, under a clear blue winter sky. YouTube slideshow size, 1280 x 720px (72ppi).

A picnic table sits deserted in an expanse of unbroken white before snow-frosted evergreens. Quarter Page size 1275 x 1650px (300ppi). Actual print size 4.25 x 5.5″.
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