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Longs and Bear Lake

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Posted by bill meikle on September 19, 2007 at 12:49 PM
Longs and Bear Lake
Taken this morning, color starting to show nicely now. Unusually the lake was calm and reflections of Long's were possible. Met Tony B, Richard Hahn and a possible black bear so it was a fun morning.

Bill Meikle
Ft Collins
Posted by Dave Showalter` on September 19, 2007 at 3:52 PM
Nice warm colors in this one, Bill.
Posted by bill meikle on September 19, 2007 at 5:23 PM
thanks Dave, it's a great location. This is the tighter print version FYI which I spent a little more time on.

Bill
Posted by Joshua Hardin on September 19, 2007 at 6:03 PM
Good stuff Bill. I love this location too and was there on Saturday. I like your comp on this.
Posted by Craig Schultz on September 19, 2007 at 7:28 PM
Bill, terrific images. Great comps and light in both of them, but maybe a bit of brightening on the first one to bring out the foreground more. I'm thinking about heading up there on Friday morning. I've shot at Bear Lake but never went around to the aspens as it was always for summer shooting and I was heading somewhere else instead. Does the trail go behind these aspen or do you simply scramble up the rock to get above them?

Also, did you happen to drive on Hwy 7 past Longs? If so, any report on the aspen in that area?
Posted by bill meikle on September 20, 2007 at 11:24 AM
Craig, good questions, To get to this shooting position you walk around the lake to the right and either 1. climb up the rockfall/scree slope or 2. find the easier "trail" just past it and climb up. There is another small stand of aspens further round the lake and higher up which offers similar but different views.
I didnt go along highway 7 so cant comment.

Good luck, the view is better with a few clouds but....

Bill

Posted by Tony Bouchard on September 20, 2007 at 1:01 PM
Bill,

Nice meeting you yesterday. I think I like your view better than mine: http://www.landscapetony.smugmug.com/gallery/3027704#198129150.
Posted by Paul Beiser on September 20, 2007 at 3:41 PM
Hey, you found Erik's Spot ! :biggrin:
Posted by bill meikle on September 20, 2007 at 3:42 PM
Tony, I like your photo a lot, the trees look great, and I love your Kawauneeche Valley Sunrise. Wow.

Bill

Posted by bill meikle on September 20, 2007 at 3:44 PM
Yep Paul, I found the spot and have tried it a couple of times, this time the lake was flat calm and giving beautiful reflections. Lucky day.

Bill

"the harder we work the luckier we get"
Posted by Paul Beiser on September 20, 2007 at 9:34 PM
btw, I really love the tighter print version - nice job!
Posted by Jeff Hackett on September 21, 2007 at 7:59 PM
Bill, your re-worked version kicks *ss. I have done a lot of climbing in Colorado, but that was before I took photography seriously... had no patience as a young man. No patience = 1 good image a year, if I was lucky. Nice work.

adios
Posted by Rick Dunn on September 22, 2007 at 4:56 PM
Nice shooting, Bill - that second version is excellent. I wouldn't mind seeing the sky adjusted to be more like the first version, but still a super image!