p.1 #1 · San Juan Mountains of Colorado, Aspens in Full Array, 2022
A first journey into the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado for fall photography, I was overwhelmed by the beauty and magnificence of this landscape. The aspen were so brilliant and intense I kept thinking that this has got to be one of the most beautiful places on planet Earth for fall colors. I visited all of the recommended sites on the northern and western sides of the mountain range, including: "last dollar road", CR 7, Hwy 550, Silverton, Ouray, Telluride and Ridgeway. I also visited CR 12 which included Owl Creek Pass area and Cimmarron Rd, (to be revealed in an upcoming post). The following photographs illustrate some of the incredible beauty that I experienced. I hope that you enjoy it, too.
p.1 #3 · San Juan Mountains of Colorado, Aspens in Full Array, 2022
Thank you, Jung, for your kind thoughts and support. I really appreciate it. The aspens this year in southwestern Colorado were off the charts beautiful! Best regards!
p.1 #4 · San Juan Mountains of Colorado, Aspens in Full Array, 2022
David, this is a spectacular set. Love the colors and the compositions on all of them. Hard to pick a favorite, all are great. Looks like you had a fabulous trip. Thanks for sharing fall beauty of Colorado.
p.1 #5 · San Juan Mountains of Colorado, Aspens in Full Array, 2022
Hi, Parul! Thank you for your generous comment! I was blown away by the beauty and intensity of the aspens, especially against those amazing Colorado mountain peaks. It was a gift to have experienced such spectacular beauty! Best regards!
p.1 #9 · San Juan Mountains of Colorado, Aspens in Full Array, 2022
firesky wrote:
Love the one 'Mount Sneffels, Sunrise'! May I know if you used HDR to shoot this beautiful photo?
Thank you very much for your comment, "firesky". The photograph "Mount Sneffels, Sunrise", was a focus stacked 3 image set that was shot with a Canon 5DSR @ 63mm using a 24-70mm zoom lens. ISO 100, Aperture f/11. I merged the three images in Photoshop and created a tiff file and then processed the merged image. HDR was not used. Thank you for your question. I hope this answers it, if not, please let me know.
p.1 #11 · San Juan Mountains of Colorado, Aspens in Full Array, 2022
Jeff wrote:
Some nice pics, but I think you stepped on that first one too hard, what with the prominent halo along the horizon.
Thank you, Jeff for your comment and critique! I greatly appreciate it and I agree with you. After looking at my raw file and then the processed print, I can see the halo that you are referring to. I will reprocess the image and see if I can tone it down some.
Thanks a lot!
p.1 #12 · San Juan Mountains of Colorado, Aspens in Full Array, 2022
Nice work. I also see the halo and think it is worth working on - very nice shot overall. I'm afraid your edit is too obvious - perhaps a softer brush, or do it on another layer then lower opacity? I can also still see a slight halo right along the edge. Might be best to reopen the RAW (which I assume you started from) and take the usual suspects back to zero to see if you can get rid of it altogether.
p.1 #13 · San Juan Mountains of Colorado, Aspens in Full Array, 2022
Wow, these are ALL BEAUTIFUL! I was going to move from SLC to NC in August, but delaying it until October - and these photos make me glad i am delaying a few months!
p.1 #15 · San Juan Mountains of Colorado, Aspens in Full Array, 2022
Dustin Gent wrote:
Wow, these are ALL BEAUTIFUL! I was going to move from SLC to NC in August, but delaying it until October - and these photos make me glad i am delaying a few months!
Hi, Dustin. Thank you very much for your generous comment. The east coast is definitely a big change from Utah. I hope that you were able to get some good autumn photography this year and I wish you the best on your move.
