Despite the title, this has nothing to do with Todd's Rush post.
Last week I traveled through much of Western Colorado including Dinosaur and Colorado National Monuments (more on those locations later), parts of the San Juans and the Sangre de Cristos. I wanted to share these first since many might be interested how the lime green aspen leaves are progressing. I took these on Sat. and Sun. and the leaves in the San Juans were just getting started. This weekend (and the week after) should be much better. Despite that, I found some interesting aspen stands to photograph on CR9 under the Sneffels Range and at the lower end of the Owl Creek Pass Road. As Paul described in his "Dust" post a few days ago, the wind, wildfires and haze last weekend made shooting a bit challenging, but the conditions were unique to say the least.
After the excellence that is that awesome sunrise pic, I hate to admit it, but I love that second one. I wouldn't want to plan a trip to Colorado from Anywhere, USA, and arrive to find these conditions, but as an add-on to a strong Colorado portfolio, I'll take it.
The aspen abstracts strike me as too abstract, and I think if there had been some strong, thick trunks involved, it could've made some visual order of the K.A.O.S. (Any old-timers recognize that acronym?)
The ESS post is amazing, but I like the sunrise posted here more, just because seeing that much detail in the trees (on ESS) is throwing me an unwanted curve.
Wow, Joshua, nice work. I really the one on ES&S, and it's sister shot here, but truthfully, the one I like the most is the hazy Aspen and Mears Peak shot, maybe because it's just so unique.
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15 repliesLast week I traveled through much of Western Colorado including Dinosaur and Colorado National Monuments (more on those locations later), parts of the San Juans and the Sangre de Cristos. I wanted to share these first since many might be interested how the lime green aspen leaves are progressing. I took these on Sat. and Sun. and the leaves in the San Juans were just getting started. This weekend (and the week after) should be much better. Despite that, I found some interesting aspen stands to photograph on CR9 under the Sneffels Range and at the lower end of the Owl Creek Pass Road. As Paul described in his "Dust" post a few days ago, the wind, wildfires and haze last weekend made shooting a bit challenging, but the conditions were unique to say the least.
My favorite image from this part of my trip (also from this sunrise) is posted on ESS here: http://www.naturephotographers.net/imagecritique/ic.cgi?a=vp&pr=148401&CGISESSID=c203dfce0a2d98c997b821b32ec59c85&u=21434
The aspen abstracts strike me as too abstract, and I think if there had been some strong, thick trunks involved, it could've made some visual order of the K.A.O.S. (Any old-timers recognize that acronym?)
The ESS post is amazing, but I like the sunrise posted here more, just because seeing that much detail in the trees (on ESS) is throwing me an unwanted curve.
The last is a very close second. Ditto Todd on the abstarcts.