'Autumn' photos and the next photo theme: 'What makes your day?'

After enjoying crisp Autumn air in September, the first weeks of October brought snowfall and frigid temperatures to northern Wyoming. Readers shared scenes of autumn with the Tribune as part of our photo theme.

The next photo theme is: "What makes your day?" We're asking readers to submit photographs of the moments that brighten your day.

If you're a photographer — of any age or skill level — we'd love to see what you've got for our themes. Just e-mail your submissions to web@powelltribune.com in jpeg, png, tiff or PSD format. Please include the photographer's first and last name, and tell us a little bit about your photo. For more information, see our blog entry. Please submit photographs by 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28.

We published three of our favorite autumn photographs in the Thursday, Oct. 15 Tribune. Here are more autumn-themed shots:

A lovely October day inspired this shot by Laurie Vredenburg.

Laurie also shared this photo, which was taken near Roscoe, Mont.

Donna Wageman trudged through snow to take this photo of a scarecrow in her window. "One can see some of the snow reflected in the window which comes from the mountains on the east side of our little ranch in Cody," Donna said.

Donna also captured this fall image on Oct. 1 at Mesa Falls, Idaho. Mesa Falls is where the Henry' s Fork of the Snake River is squeezed into a gorge that drops 115 feet. It is located along the Mesa Falls Scenic byway, Highway 47 in Island Park, Idaho.



A colorful leaf in the snow illustrates autumn weather in the Big Horn Basin in this photo taken by Donna Wageman.

The Moore family shared this photo from Paducah, Kent., at the annual Seabee get together.

Steve Jackson took this photo of a ripe apple framed by changing leaves.

Tribune photographer Gib Mathers shared this about a photo he took of a fall drake: "Yeah, yeah, yeah. It isn’t that good a picture of a drake mallard lifting-off a puddle near the Shoshone River in Cody, but the duck, geese and sandhill crane fall assembly in Park County always gives me a lift. Two days ago a flock of sandhill cranes flew over my car. On Sunday, I heard a gander of geese voicing their melancholy call while flying in formation. I know honking is just a signal to other geese, but it always invokes a bittersweet sentiment — a forewarning of winter. Still, watching waterfowl has been a favorite fall pastime of mine for years. You can’t beat nature."

Pamela Kresky shared this shot of South Fork aspen trees in all their autumn glory.

Even with their petals buried in snow, these flowers proudly showed their color in this photo by Tribune News Editor Ilene Olson.

Hours before a snowstorm hit the Big Horn Mountains, Tribune Managing Editor Tessa Schweigert took this photo of golden aspen trees.


Pam Menuey of Ralston captured these autumn colors at her favorite fishing spot near Cooke Pass, Mont.