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By the time I arrived in Yellowstone, most of the red and orange of autumn had come and gone. But there was still plenty of brilliant yellows to be had in many of the Aspen groves, like the one pictured here. While that's the reality of coming later in the season, we more than made up for it in having much of the Park to ourselves in all but the busiest of locations.
Compositionally Challenged Week 38 - Changing Seasons
We drove the Peak to Peak Scenic Byway today to do some leaf peeping, the aspens are starting to change. Lunch was at our favorite spot in Estes Park - You Need Pie. And yes, we each had a slice of Apple Ginger Peach pie. : )
This fence and field are shown in the short video included in the first link. Guess I'm not the first one to shoot it, lol!
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Happy Fence Friday!
Happy Fence Friday!
Como, Colorado is just a little dot on the map, tucked away about a mile off hwy 285, a little north of Fairplay. There is a dirt road leading from there up to Boreas Pass and Breckenridge. This former railroad community boasted a 2010 census population of 439.
Photo taken Oct 12, 2020
Flat Tops Wilderness, Colorado
Aspen trees are the mostly widely distributed native tree species in North America, found throughout many northern U.S. states, the entire length of the Rocky Mountains, and a huge swath of Canada. But what comes to mind when people think of aspens? Colorado. That’s because we have more aspen trees in thicker concentrations than anywhere else in the U.S., from 5,000 feet in elevation where desert meets foothills to 12,000 feet above sea level, high in the mountains.
So why is the aspen so prevalent in Colorado? According to the U.S. Forest Service, elevation is one answer. With the highest average elevation of the Lower 48, there’s plenty of terrain for the trees to thrive. Another reason, according to the U.S. Forest Service, is the tree’s aggressiveness. After large wildfires – of which Colorado has had many – it is usually the first tree species to colonize a burned area. Aspens are also more resistant to fires than their evergreen neighbors.
Once established, the trees can live 150 years or more, until conifers like lodgepole pine and blue spruce have repopulated the area and grow above the aspens, which rarely rise higher than 50 feet.
Source:
"Colorado's Aspen Trees, The Largest Organisms on Earth"
by R.Scott Rappold, Sept 3, 2017, in Out There Colorado
John Moulton’s “pink house” on Mormon Row, Grand Teton National Park, Moose, Wyoming.
John Moulton first arrived in Jackson Hole with his brother, Thomas Alma in 1907. They filed for adjacent claims and began work to clear 80 acres of land, construct a cabin, barn, corrals and related fencing. In 1916, he received the patent for his land. John was well known in the valley for his dairy business, and lived to be 103 years old; he is largely remembered, however for the “pink house” he built on Mormon Row. Many recognize the pink house, but few know the story behind the unusual hue chosen for the exterior. While John’s wife, Bartha was in the hospital, John wanted to do something special to commemorate her homecoming. He knew that she had wanted to repaint the house, and due to a small mix-up, chose the salmon pink color. When Bartha came home, she despised the color but so loved the sentiment behind it, that it was never changed. Title quote by J.R.R. Tolkein.
I liked in the layers in the snow-covered hills so I pulled over and grabbed a quick photograph. This photograph seemed to work better in black and white. Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA, February 2025
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This is a digitally enhanced photo of a sun dappled path through a grove of aspen trees, given a slightly painterly look and feel.
While at a roadside pullout along U.S. Route 82 in Lincoln National Forest with a view looking to the west. My thought on composing this image was to angle my Nikon SLR camera uphill with a view looking towards this grove of aspens I came across. I wanted to have a complementary setting of colors with the blue skies and clouds above in contrast to the greens and yellows and other earth-tones in the lower portion of the image. The last thought I had was to go wide angle with the focal length to capture that feeling of standing and taking in the entire setting to one's front.
Saw some recent photos of foliage from the Mono County Tourism website and was tempted to head back to the Sierras again. It reminded me of the trip two years ago.
Explore #276, September 24th, 2016
I first heard of the Dancing Aspens a few years ago. I'm not typically into visiting spots other photographers favor, but I felt drawn to see this grove of trees since I live only a few hours away.
Everyone I know that has gone has always guarded their location. After reading some blogs and getting some riddle-esque tips from friends, I had a pretty good idea of where they were. Since it was autumn and the leaves would be golden, we headed up to where I thought they would be and quickly found the grove!
There was another photographer there when we arrived. I let him get his shots before I took too many of my own using my classic lenses, my Canon FD 24mm f/1.4 L, Noct-Nikkor, and some ultrawide photos with the modern Sony 4/16-35.
We spent about an hour enjoying the changing light as the clouds passed overhead and taking photos before heading out to find a campsite.
Dancing Aspens | Drunk Aspens | Curved Aspens
On vacation in South Lake Tahoe for the week....wandered through some groves behind Heavenly Village and found this nice backlit scene. I edited this on my surface pro, so not sure how the color will turn out vs. my regular workflow on the imac. Hope you enjoy, let me know what you think!
A setting looking to the southwest with a view looking to a nearby mountainside and then to a more distant peak. This is at a roadside pullout in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.
Somewhere between Durango and Silverton, Colorado in the San Juan Mountains. So many fall scenes in this area, it was an amazing road trip.
"We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us."
Joseph Campbell
New growth on a European aspen brings serenity this morning. Slight crop, only,
Thank you for all of your comments and kind words. I'm truly grateful.
I shot this on a photo workshop in the Colorado Rockies in 1993. The location was a forest in the San Juan Mountains of southwest Colorado near Ouray. I rather like the different layers of scenery in this view.
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Late morning light bounced between white, aspen tree trunks while the rest of the forest remained in cool morning shadows. Fall in Crested Butte, Colorado where you'll find some of the most beautiful aspen trees in the state.
I was incredibly excited to witness this rare fog event over The Castles near Crested Butte, Colorado. I've been visiting this scene for many years and this is by far the best iteration of an image I think I'll ever be able to make here. I hope you dig it.
One of 50 images from my 11-day trip that I released recently.
www.mattpaynephotography.com/gallery/2022-colorado-autumn...
We have been under such a cold spell. Since Christmas eve we have stayed in the low teens often dipping below zero each night. I felt a need to go back to a warm autumn day ... at least in my mind!
Hope you are all doing well.
Thanks for sharing the experience,
Bev
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Although the eyes are quickly drawn to the brilliant golden crown of the aspen, the wandering eye will also find that the rich color of the ferns below provide a wonderfully beautiful foundation.
14ers Uncompahgre Peak and Wetterhorn Peak loom in the distance above a hillside of golden aspen leaves in fall near Lake City, Colorado. The vibrant aspen forest here created quite the contrast thanks to dappled afternoon light before the arrival of a cold snowy autumn storm that later coated these mountains in snow.
To see more of my 2022 Fall Color Photographs - see them here - www.mattpaynephotography.com/gallery/2022-colorado-autumn...
I first heard of the Dancing Aspens a few years ago. I'm not typically into visiting spots other photographers favor, but I felt drawn to see this grove of trees since I live only a few hours away.
Everyone I know that has gone has always guarded their location. After reading some blogs and getting some riddle-esque tips from friends, I had a pretty good idea of where they were. Since it was autumn and the leaves would be golden, we headed up to where I thought they would be and quickly found the grove!
There was another photographer there when we arrived. I let him get his shots before I took too many of my own using my classic lenses, my Canon FD 24mm f/1.4 L, Noct-Nikkor, and some ultrawide photos with the modern Sony 4/16-35.
We spent about an hour enjoying the changing light as the clouds passed overhead and taking photos before heading out to find a campsite.
Dancing Aspens | Drunk Aspens | Curved Aspens