This a low profile photo of the Des Plaines River Trail, with plenty of fall color, just south of Euclid/Lake Street. One of the photography effects that I like to use once in a while is to set the camera on the ground for this kind of low profile photo. There is actually a trail here but you can't see it because of all the leaves. Sometimes if the ground profile is too low or obstructed I will set the camera on something (like the camera bag) to get it a little higher.
The leaf covered trail and colorful trees. I had planned to get out to this heavily wooded area as close to peak fall color season as I could and I was glad that I did.
Even though this was an overcast day, the colors were excellent as I rode through the heavily wooded parts of the DPRT.
Some tall and bent trees along the trail.
There is actually a small stone bridge in the distance although you can barely see it with all the leaves on the trail.
Another biking/photography trick that I learned and used on this shot is to set the camera on my bike bag (which is on a rack over the back wheel) with my bike on it's kick stand. This allows me to get a lower angle than standing but higher than on the ground and turns my bike into a tripod for better camera settings.
This is a looking down the Des Plaines River Trail from the leaf covered stone bridge. The only way that you actually know that there is a bridge here is because of the moss covered stone that stands out from the leaves on the right.
This photo is actually taken with the camera on the stone bridge with the moss in the foreground (and fall colors in the background, of course). Having the camera on the ground or on something stable (like the bridge) allows you to use a much slower shutter speed and lower ISO. I then use the pop out view finder to line up the shot.
Here's the Photo Tour of the Half Day to Old School Forest Preserve ride from August 16th, 2014. These pages include photos of the DPR Trail in this section along with some nice scenery photos (including a few HDR photos) taken from various locations on the trail.
Old School Trail and MacArthur Woods - Photos 20
Route 60, Wright Woods and Half Day FP - Photos 21
Here's the GPS Map of the ride above.
Here are some Fall Photos of the DPRT from Euclid (or Lake Street) a little east of Prospect Heights south to Golf Road then back north to Milwaukee Ave (from October 9, 2012):
DPRT Fall Photos 17 - Just South of Lake Street < You are here
DPRT Fall Photos 18 - Branch to Beck Lake
DPRT Fall Photos 19 - North of Lake Street
Here's the GPS Map of the ride above.
Here's the photo tour of the Des Plaines River Trail from Higgins Road in Park Ridge north to Dundee Road in Wheeling (July, 2012).
The Des Plaines River Trail Photos 12 - Park Ridge Leg
The Des Plaines River Trail Photos 13 - Des Plaines Riverwalk Area
The Des Plaines River Trail Photos 14 - Big Bend Lake to Euclid
The Des Plaines River Trail Photos 15 - To Allgauers Restaurant
The DPRT Photos 16 - To Dam No 1, Wheeling
Here's the GPS Map of the ride above.
Here's the photo tour of the Des Plaines River Trail from Lincolnshire (Routes 21 and 22 going south) to Dundee Road in Wheeling, Il. (June, 2012).
The DPRT Photos 8 - Lincolnshire Marriott Area
The DPRT Photos 9 - Path along Milwaukee Road
The DPRT Photos 10 - Deerfield Road to Lake Cook Road
The DPRT Photos 11 - County Line Road to Wheeling
Here's the GPS Map of the ride above.
Here's the photo tour of the Des Plaines River Trail, from Route 22 in Half Day (going north) to Libertyville (July, 2005).
Des
Plaines River Trail Photos 4 - Lincolnshire to Wright Woods
Des
Plaines River Trail Photos 5 - Bridge Underpasses and Equestrian
Des Plaines River Trail Photos 6 - North to North Shore Path
DPRT Photos 7 - North Shore Path to Independence Grove
Here's the photo tour of the Des Plaines River Trail, from Wisconsin (going south) to Libertyville (September, 2004).
Des
Plaines River Trail Photos 1 - Van Patton Woods
Des
Plaines River Trail Photos 2 - Mile 5 South to Great America
Des
Plaines River Trail Photos 3 - Mile 11 to Adler Park in Libertyville
Note: Des Plains is a common mi s-spelling for Des Plaines (with the e near the end) so will see some references to Des Plains River Trail on these pages to help with the searches for the trail pages.
Photos © Copyright Rob Chapman, about-bicycles.com. Photos with * Copyright Dale Kiffel.
Half Day to Old School, August 2014
Fall Photos, October,2012
DPRT Photos 17
DPRT Photos 18
DPRT Photos 19
Park Ridge to Wheeling, July 2012.
DPRT Photos 12
DPRT Photos 13
DPRT Photos 14
DPRT Photos 15
DPRT Photos 16
Lincolnshire to Wheeling , June 2012
DPRT Photos 8
DPRT Photos 9
DPRT Photos 10
DPRT Photos 11
Half Day to Libertyville, July
DPRT Photos 4
DPRT Photos 5
DPRT Photos 6
DPRT Photos 7
Wisconsin to Libertyville, September, 2004
DPRT Photos 1
DPRT Photos 2
DPRT Photos 3