Rabbit Ear Pass, CO

Gallery: LandscapePosted March 30, 2012190 views4 comments

This was taken over two years ago, up near Steamboat Springs. It's a beautiful area with tons of aspen. We didn't have time to worry about the absolute best lighting, etc., but I nabbed this shot before heading home...

Canon Xsi 55-250mm @ 146mm
ISO 200 --- f/8 --- 1/160 sec --- tripod

C and C welcome!

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on March 30, 2012 at 7:23 PM

I like the picture. It is a simple picture of aspen boles and yellow foliage, without pretense. The detail and comp are good. The DOF is shallow, but I don't know, given the spacing of the trees, that more would have sufficed to bring anything more into focus.

Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on March 30, 2012 at 11:41 PM

Nice fall scene - I'd have liked a larger version too, to see the detail in that nice in-focus aspen.

Well-done!
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by John Williams on March 30, 2012 at 11:43 PM

It must be winter. The shot I just posted was from 2010, and then in the following shot Tony said his photo took awhile to grow on him, and now you've got one from a few years ago

... I'm ready for spring and flowers!

Nice blur of the background to emphasize that forward trunk. I especially like the way the upper "eye" grabs me. You might play with cropping out the leaves on the left.

Registered on September 6, 2007, 221 Posts, 5985 Comments

Comment posted by Nathan Apodaca on March 31, 2012 at 1:10 PM

Thanks for the comments, everyone!

John---I can't wait for spring either. We hardly got ANY snow this winter, so things were kinda 'dead' for months on end. But it is weird. Spring is starting right now in Colorado. Seems unusually early, am I right? BTW, those side leaves in the pic are a bit distracting or something...

Registered on November 16, 2011, 67 Posts, 1127 Comments