I drove out to Silverton from Colorado Springs to meet a friend from Arizona and do some jeeping and hiking. Unfortunately, I could only stay for 1 day, but I made the best of it. After I got into town, I met my friend, dropped off some gear and talked him into heading up onto Molas Pass to shoot the sunset at one of the lakes. Upper Molas is closed for some reason, so we ended up at Andrews.
While I took this shot, I was tying my fly fishing gear. A couple minutes later I had a nice little rainbow trout on the line. What an awesome way to spend an evening. Fly fishing and shooting the sunset at the same time!
Posted by Bill Pelzmann on September 10, 2007 at 1:37 AM
Looks like a great evening at Andrews!
I've never been able to catch that lake with calm water.
Molas is closed while they are rehabing the camp ground.
Posted by Kalin Wilson on September 10, 2007 at 1:11 PM
Nice light, and the pink in the clouds caps it off.
Catching dinner is always a bonus!
Posted by Jack Brauer on September 10, 2007 at 4:55 PM
This shot has a relaxed feel about it... just like your evening sounded.
Posted by Mel Ladewig on September 10, 2007 at 7:16 PM
Bill, it was very nice up there. The light was great and the winds were calm. Actually the following evening they were the same with similar popcorn clouds. I wished I could have stopped in a similar spot, but I needed to make time to get home. I just got a shot of Red Mountain from the road on the way home.
Kalin, I let the fish go so he could fight another day. BTW, I used a grasshopper, which seems like a good choice right now. If I'd been there earlier, I think I could have caught them on that fly all afternoon.
Jack, relaxing was definitely the word for the evening. I was definitely jealous driving through Ridgway. I wish I were a whole lot closer to this end of Colorado, but I don't think I'd ever sit down to get anything done if I lived out there.
Posted by Todd Caudle on September 10, 2007 at 10:27 PM
Very tranquil scene, Mel. Sounds like a great time. You mentioned "Upper Molas" being closed. Are you referring to Little Molas Lake, on the west side of the highway? If so, that sucks that it's closed. It's a fantastic sunset location, especially after some early-fall snow.
Posted by Mel Ladewig on September 10, 2007 at 10:44 PM
Todd,
It was Little Molas, and I was hoping to shoot sunset from there.
Like Bill said, I think they are restoring a campground. They piled a bunch of boulders up on the road (very recent because the skidloader tracks were fresh). My friend's jeep was on 35" tires and 5" of lift, so we could have just rolled over the rocks if we wanted to... but we were good boys.
I do think that you could walk up there still if you wanted to.
Nice reflection/alpenglow/fishing multi-tasking expedition, Mel. Ever wonder how many photogs actually have a still reflection from there?
Posted by Mel Ladewig on September 11, 2007 at 3:13 PM
Thanks Dave,
It was actually the first time I'd ever been there. From Bill's description, I should think I was extraordinarily lucky to get a reflection at all. I would think it would be pretty much impossible to get a totally still reflection because there were some ducks swimming around. I'm very happy with what I brought home. A nice photo and good memories.
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8 repliesI drove out to Silverton from Colorado Springs to meet a friend from Arizona and do some jeeping and hiking. Unfortunately, I could only stay for 1 day, but I made the best of it. After I got into town, I met my friend, dropped off some gear and talked him into heading up onto Molas Pass to shoot the sunset at one of the lakes. Upper Molas is closed for some reason, so we ended up at Andrews.
While I took this shot, I was tying my fly fishing gear. A couple minutes later I had a nice little rainbow trout on the line.
I've never been able to catch that lake with calm water.
Molas is closed while they are rehabing the camp ground.
Catching dinner is always a bonus!
Kalin, I let the fish go so he could fight another day. BTW, I used a grasshopper, which seems like a good choice right now. If I'd been there earlier, I think I could have caught them on that fly all afternoon.
Jack, relaxing was definitely the word for the evening. I was definitely jealous driving through Ridgway. I wish I were a whole lot closer to this end of Colorado, but I don't think I'd ever sit down to get anything done if I lived out there.
It was Little Molas, and I was hoping to shoot sunset from there.
Like Bill said, I think they are restoring a campground. They piled a bunch of boulders up on the road (very recent because the skidloader tracks were fresh). My friend's jeep was on 35" tires and 5" of lift, so we could have just rolled over the rocks if we wanted to... but we were good boys.
I do think that you could walk up there still if you wanted to.
It was actually the first time I'd ever been there. From Bill's description, I should think I was extraordinarily lucky to get a reflection at all. I would think it would be pretty much impossible to get a totally still reflection because there were some ducks swimming around. I'm very happy with what I brought home. A nice photo and good memories.
Mel-