I had about 1,000 pounds of books to deliver on Friday in Denver and Estes, so afterwards I stayed overnight near Rocky and shot that evening and the next morning in the park. This first one is from Rainbow Curve, which they opened the road to just that day. I'm surprised they didn't close it again, with all the snow that was falling.
The next morning there were many layers of clouds rolling through Beaver Meadows. This is a manual 3-shot blend, with one shot for the bottom third, another for the middle ground, and another for the distant mountains and sky.
Here's one looking at some peak or another on the south edge of Moraine Park. I probably would never take notice of these peaks if the clouds hadn't accentuated their rugged beauty.
#3 rocks, great job with the manual blending too!. The whole series of images are pretty amazing, what great atmospheric conditions up in the park this weekend!.
Wow, I run away to the desert and you come to my backyard and have a hayday! I'll think twice about going anywhere from now on. What great conditions and good use of it. I especially like the one from Upper Beaver Meadow.
A lot of you are tending to favor #3, so I posted it on ESS along with a 1200-pixel version. Enjoy! And thanks for all your comments. It feels good to be out shooting again!
Great series, Todd! I've been kicking myself that I have had to work and couldn't take advantage of the great weather around Pikes Peak. I imagined stuff like this but RMNP is a better subject. Thanks for the inspiration!
Nice set Todd. #2 reminds me of my childhood B horror movie watching days. "The crawling eye" was about killer octopuses (octopi???) with cycloptic eyeballs slithering out of fog attacking people in the mountains. Thanks for the memories
I meant to comment earlier, but there are a bunch of nice shots here. #3 and #6 stand out to me.
I think you would have done well in Colorado Springs or Westcliffe too. It seemed that there were some times when you could get above or at least between cloud layers on Saturday. I think Sunday you could have gotten above the clouds at sunrise on Rampart Range road too. I was stuck at home catching up on the maintenance.
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33 repliesI have too many to post, but this is a fair representation of my weekend. Wish I'd gotten out this morning.
Anybody else get anything this weekend?
Thanks for posting all these.
I never left town but did get an ok shot of the Peak with clouds Sat morning when it appeared for about 20 minutes after which the clouds moved in.
I agree the Beaver Meadows shot is my favorite, also.
You did a superb job of postprocessing there!
Jack
These are all excellent! Nice work.
Beautiful work, Todd.
I think you would have done well in Colorado Springs or Westcliffe too. It seemed that there were some times when you could get above or at least between cloud layers on Saturday. I think Sunday you could have gotten above the clouds at sunrise on Rampart Range road too. I was stuck at home catching up on the maintenance.