Well, I snuck out yesterday evening out to the San Rafael Swell to try for another shot at some photography before teaching duties begin. I though I was headed out for some summer monsoon and redrock (and did get some; I'll post it later, when I've had time to stitch the panoramas); little did I know that I'd see my first touch of fall color on the way home. No changes to the colors here; almost SOOC aside from a tiny S-curve in photoshop.
This was at about 8000' on the East side of the Wasatch Plateau. This isn't a serious "report" by any means, because this one cluster of aspens, not even a grove, was the only thing starting to turn. The other 99.99% is still green.
But, if I can indulge in some pointless speculation, perhaps it lends some credibility to the idea of an early fall?
<sarcasm>Your local region will likely vary wildly...</sarcasm>
At any rate, I was glad to see it. Summer was frustrating for me. Some good work, nothing truly remarkable. I'll try to post a collection soon, but I'm looking forwards to the fall.
Posted by Darren Huski on August 31, 2012 at 8:12 AM
Glad you are getting color. Still a couple of months until our first color in Texas. But at least summer is about over for us and photography season begins this weekend.
Posted by Stan Rose on September 1, 2012 at 1:58 AM
Given the less than spectacular monsoon and drought, ill be surprised if the colors explode this year, but i hope im wrong cause im looking forward to fall too...
Posted by Kane Engelbert on September 1, 2012 at 12:42 PM
Hi Mark, I was wondering when you would get around to posting some of your summer images.
Are you at all interested in hooking up in the Glenwood area for a weeknd this Fall? I know you're teaching but thought if you could squeeze a trip in over the last weekned of Septemeber I could meet you in Glenwood and we could hit any number a fantastic locations in the area. We could climb something too if you want. No shortage of ideas....
Posted by Glenn Randall on September 1, 2012 at 3:42 PM
After the last big drought spring and summer (2002) the fall color was spectacular, with lots of very reddish aspen. One grove I photographed in Kebler Pass almost looked like maples. That year the drought broke in mid-September and we suddenly had snow on the peaks as well. As I recall, the color was not particularly early, but my memory could be faulty there. We'll see how this year turns out...
Posted by Brent Doerzman on September 1, 2012 at 4:25 PM
Glenn, I agree, 2002 was a funky year. I shot earlier AND later that most other years. See the dates on these images: Fall 2002. Really wish I could predict this year, but who knows!!
Sorry to start this and then abandon it -- I got the opening, on short notice, to head out for the weekend, so I took the chance to head down to Moab (it's only 3.5 hours from me).
Again, I'm not serious here. As I said, this was only one tiny cluster out of two mountainsides. Just nice to see the first hints.
@Kane,
I still intend to post some work from the summer. I'm just behind on it, and not totally inspired. Some good work, but nothing amazing, and not up what I did last summer... I won't be able to get out to CO at the end of Sept. My wife had a last-minute opportunity to take a good teaching job in Seattle, so we went for it. I'm still in UT and we'll be visiting when we can -- and the first weekend I'm supposed to head up is that one. I'll be headed out to shoot most weekends that I'm not up there, though. I might be able to squeeze in the following weekend, if that's not too late. Are you looking at coming down to Zion again?
@Brent,
Thanks for those! Indeed, some very nice reds and oranges on some of those aspen. I'd always thought that it was a genetic variation that caused the different aspen colors, not rainfall and temperature...
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Well, I snuck out yesterday evening out to the San Rafael Swell to try for another shot at some photography before teaching duties begin. I though I was headed out for some summer monsoon and redrock (and did get some; I'll post it later, when I've had time to stitch the panoramas); little did I know that I'd see my first touch of fall color on the way home. No changes to the colors here; almost SOOC aside from a tiny S-curve in photoshop.
This was at about 8000' on the East side of the Wasatch Plateau. This isn't a serious "report" by any means, because this one cluster of aspens, not even a grove, was the only thing starting to turn. The other 99.99% is still green.
But, if I can indulge in some pointless speculation, perhaps it lends some credibility to the idea of an early fall?
<sarcasm>Your local region will likely vary wildly...</sarcasm>
At any rate, I was glad to see it. Summer was frustrating for me. Some good work, nothing truly remarkable. I'll try to post a collection soon, but I'm looking forwards to the fall.
Are you at all interested in hooking up in the Glenwood area for a weeknd this Fall? I know you're teaching but thought if you could squeeze a trip in over the last weekned of Septemeber I could meet you in Glenwood and we could hit any number a fantastic locations in the area. We could climb something too if you want. No shortage of ideas....
Again, I'm not serious here. As I said, this was only one tiny cluster out of two mountainsides. Just nice to see the first hints.
@Kane,
I still intend to post some work from the summer. I'm just behind on it, and not totally inspired. Some good work, but nothing amazing, and not up what I did last summer... I won't be able to get out to CO at the end of Sept. My wife had a last-minute opportunity to take a good teaching job in Seattle, so we went for it. I'm still in UT and we'll be visiting when we can -- and the first weekend I'm supposed to head up is that one. I'll be headed out to shoot most weekends that I'm not up there, though. I might be able to squeeze in the following weekend, if that's not too late. Are you looking at coming down to Zion again?
@Brent,
Thanks for those! Indeed, some very nice reds and oranges on some of those aspen. I'd always thought that it was a genetic variation that caused the different aspen colors, not rainfall and temperature...