Posted by Todd Caudle on October 1, 2006 at 9:32 PM
Buzzard Divide Road, yesterday afternoon. Brent D. is, by his account, sleeping there right now.
I like how you can see all the way to that great span of aspens directly below the Beckwith Mountains, and how different Marcellina Mountain looks when you see it from a greater distance than Kebler Pass road allows. Out of the frame to the left of Chair Mountain, the view includes the Maroon Bells' "back side," Snowmass and Capitol.
Posted by Kevin McNeal on October 1, 2006 at 9:44 PM
This is great ! I was near here today - did you see the awesome cloud formations hanging out over Kebler Pass today - unbelievable !
Posted by Paul Beiser on October 1, 2006 at 9:55 PM
Awesome Todd!! I just got back from 3 days of Chasing the Color (McClure Pass, Ridgway, and Kebler) with 2 other photographer friends, and we had a heckuva time. Downloading now, posting tomorrow I hope :-).
I'm starting to subscribe to the conspiracy theory that photographers were shying me away from Colorado this weekend. :)
Good shot, want to see more..
MH
Posted by John Zinn on October 1, 2006 at 10:46 PM
Sweet shot Todd. I love the rolling landscape with a backdrop of mountains and the aspens are great. Nice touch with the moon too. Looks like a great spot for some early or late light too.
Posted by Roger Rouch on October 1, 2006 at 11:08 PM
I had to get my shades for a second look. What an expansive view filled with brilliant yellow and complimentary blue. A nice definition of fall in Colorado.
Posted by Jack Brauer on October 1, 2006 at 11:22 PM
Woah! What a vista!
Posted by Momo Vuyisich on October 2, 2006 at 12:22 AM
That is an amazing view, and a great photo. Thank you for sharing.
Posted by John McMillin on October 2, 2006 at 1:11 AM
Conspiracy, huh? I wondered about that, after last week's lackluster reports. The aspens have been getting a lot of bad press overall, with the die-off phenomenon. But I think this year's color just came later than usual. It seems odd to have the aspens peaking along with the cottonwoods, but that's what I saw between Redstone and Aspen today.
As for the pic, it has elegant rhythm and good foreground/background interest. You really use the width of the 2:3 frame well, (maybe we should call it "Three-Seconds", after Olympus) in a way I find hard to do in horiziontal shots.
Posted by Todd Caudle on October 2, 2006 at 9:47 AM
Make no mistake, this is not a good year for fall color in Colorado. In fact, after 1994, this is the worst year I've seen. It just so happens that some places (Aspen/McClure Pass/very west side of Kebler/some parts of the San Juans I hope to find this week) were unaffected by whatever happened to the rest of the state.
Posted by Robert Helms on October 2, 2006 at 10:17 AM
Very sweet shot and a gorgeous view. I found the color a little less than ideal on my trip, but there were pockets of nice gold. I have no doubt that many of you have found great images this fall regardless of the off season.
I did see some nice color over by Mount Elbert which is going to be my post for next week since I'm curious if a paticular mountain has a name that is located by Elbert.
Posted by Robert Helms on October 2, 2006 at 10:17 AM
Very sweet shot and a gorgeous view. I found the color a little less than ideal on my trip, but there were pockets of nice gold. I have no doubt that many of you have found great images this fall regardless of the off season.
I did see some nice color over by Mount Elbert which is going to be my post for next week since I'm curious if a paticular mountain has a name that is located by Elbert.
Posted by Dan Walters on October 2, 2006 at 8:25 PM
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14 repliesI like how you can see all the way to that great span of aspens directly below the Beckwith Mountains, and how different Marcellina Mountain looks when you see it from a greater distance than Kebler Pass road allows. Out of the frame to the left of Chair Mountain, the view includes the Maroon Bells' "back side," Snowmass and Capitol.
Like that moon in the shot especially!
I'm starting to subscribe to the conspiracy theory that photographers were shying me away from Colorado this weekend. :)
Good shot, want to see more..
MH
As for the pic, it has elegant rhythm and good foreground/background interest. You really use the width of the 2:3 frame well, (maybe we should call it "Three-Seconds", after Olympus) in a way I find hard to do in horiziontal shots.
I did see some nice color over by Mount Elbert which is going to be my post for next week since I'm curious if a paticular mountain has a name that is located by Elbert.
I did see some nice color over by Mount Elbert which is going to be my post for next week since I'm curious if a paticular mountain has a name that is located by Elbert.