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An aerial autumnal view of Concord Center. Photo: Carl Calabria/The Concord Bridge

Concord Camera: Your autumnal tints

“October is the month of painted leaves. Their rich glow now flashes round the world,” Henry David Thoreau wrote in “Autumnal Tints,” a now-classic essay published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862.

“As fruits and leaves and the day itself acquire a bright tint just before they fall, so the year near its setting. October is its sunset sky; November the later twilight.”

The season’s foliage has moved Concordians to train their lenses on nature’s display and to share their images with us — and you. 

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The Wheeler-Harrington House “in all her glory.” Photo courtesy of Jean Fain
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Golden leaves and light along the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
Photo courtesy of John Wesley Farnum
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“The South Burying Ground was aglow. Concord is a staggeringly picturesque town, particularly in the fall.” Photo courtesy of Mike Rocha
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A panoply of hues reflected in the waters behind Nashoba Brook Bakery. Photo courtesy of Liana Emley
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“My son and puppy enjoying the peace and beauty of Punkatasset.” Photo courtesy of Alison Ruch
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“Blueberry bushes in the Andromeda Ponds, Wright Woods.” Photo courtesy of Rachel Wheeler

What does Concord look like through YOUR lens?

Send your best photos or photo sets, along with a few words of context, to [email protected].

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