Posted by Larry Douglas on December 3, 2011 at 4:44 PM
My wife and I made a trip between Divide and Victor, Co in early October. The aspen colors were outstanding, The most vivid I have ever seen. Below are a couple my favorites from the trip and are shown in large size.
Posted by Anne K. Rusk on December 3, 2011 at 11:42 PM
Wow! Those colors are really poppin'! Looks like you went at the right time!
Posted by Larry Douglas on December 4, 2011 at 10:31 AM
Thanks Kane and Anne: It was a perfect day lots of sunshine and clouds, although a little windy. It turns out it was the perfect choice of days as a snow storm moved into the area the next day and dropped 6 to 8 inches of snow. I guess we got lucky that time ;O).
Posted by Jeff Hackett on December 4, 2011 at 10:04 PM
Yeah those colors are POPPIN'!
Posted by Joshua Hardin on December 5, 2011 at 2:03 PM
#2 looks great to me also. The leaf colors look right about peak and I like the simple composition that puts emphasis on the tree-covered hills and the nice grassy green foreground.
Posted by Glenn Randall on December 5, 2011 at 2:51 PM
Great color in both shots. #2 stands well on its own; perhaps crop #1 to a panorama to eliminate some of the less attractive foreground? Another possible tweak: the shadowed but colorful aspen in #1 are so dark we don't immediately get much sense of just how great the color is in that area. Perhaps lighten those shadows a bit?
Posted by Pam Colander on December 5, 2011 at 6:16 PM
Great timing on your part. I agree on the bottom crop for the first one and lifting the shadows some.
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