Posted by Joshua Hardin on January 14, 2009 at 6:47 PM
I met up with some of the members of the Nature Photographers of Colorado forum for an afternoon snowshoeing trip to Mayflower Gulch on Saturday. The sunset light didn't quite happen the way we had hoped for but there ended up being a little bit of a glow in the evening as well as plenty of challenging low-contrast scenes throughout the day. The fogginess of the area was interesting to try to work with and the old mining cabins made for nice subjects too. Here are a few of my shots from the afternoon.
Posted by Joshua Hardin on January 14, 2009 at 6:48 PM
A second shot from through the same window pictured at the lower left of the first image.
Posted by Joshua Hardin on January 14, 2009 at 6:50 PM
A little of the "glow" we experienced at near the time of the sunset.
Posted by Bret Edge on January 14, 2009 at 6:52 PM
Looks like a lot of snow up there right now! I like the 1st and 3rd a lot. The glow might be subtle, but it adds a lot to the image. Nice work, Joshua!
Posted by Dan Walters on January 14, 2009 at 7:39 PM
All excellent images - but I love your take on the 2 cabins in #1! One of the better Mayflower images I've seen.
Posted by Jim Caffrey on January 14, 2009 at 8:04 PM
Wow! I thought we've had a good snow year. The 1st is my favorite; the snow cornices are so soft and sensual in contrast to the hard edges and color variations of the logs and the ladder. I'm definitely going to make more trips to CO.
Posted by John Klotz on January 14, 2009 at 8:15 PM
WOW! #3 is outstanding but all are nice.
Posted by Bill Pelzmann on January 14, 2009 at 9:05 PM
It was great to meet you, Joshua.
Very good compositions on all 3.
That could have been a killer sunset.
Posted by Todd Caudle on January 14, 2009 at 9:12 PM
Yeah, nice stuff!
Posted by Stan Rose on January 15, 2009 at 5:51 AM
Hey Josh, i really like that first shot, the browns contrast nicely against all the white, and the perspective is cool!
Posted by Kalin Wilson on January 15, 2009 at 10:11 AM
Cool stuff, Josh! It's great to see all the snow up there. Good job!
Posted by Don George on January 15, 2009 at 11:46 AM
NIce work. Really like #1. Can you imagine living there!
Posted by Don Grall on January 15, 2009 at 1:30 PM
I'm very partial to #1 for the composition and #3 for the subtle sky color. Very good!
I was doing some powder skiing at Copper Mt on Friday, they opened with 3-6 inches depending on how high up the mountain you were measuring, and cuz I couldn't get enough I went again Tuesday with another 6 inches reported. Vail and Copper have been getting almost daily snow showers with some being heavy, last week Wednesday, Copper reported 15 inches. I missed that dump but heard the skiing was epic, with multiple face shots!
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13 repliesVery good compositions on all 3.
That could have been a killer sunset.
I was doing some powder skiing at Copper Mt on Friday, they opened with 3-6 inches depending on how high up the mountain you were measuring, and cuz I couldn't get enough I went again Tuesday with another 6 inches reported. Vail and Copper have been getting almost daily snow showers with some being heavy, last week Wednesday, Copper reported 15 inches. I missed that dump but heard the skiing was epic, with multiple face shots!