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While the Maroon Bells are touted as the most photographed place in Colorado, pictures simply don’t do the peaks justice.
Sunrise at Maroon Bells, Aspen, Colorado , USA.
June 2018
Canon EOS Rebel T7i
Marooned, well not really, though I did get wet feet hopping from one island to another on my way along the beach yesterday. No, I didn't get caught by the tide (it was on the way out), I was just a little impatient to get to my destination, Happisburgh.
There was quick sand to contend with as well as the water :))
Two people on this small island appear to be marooned. Actually they waded out from the nearby shore.
Spend a couple days shooting and camping around Aspen. Another week and all of the aspen trees should be turned.
My first trip to Maroon Bells. Amazing place!
I was a little late for the prime fall color in Maroon Bells. Here is a blue hour shot instead of the classic sunrise.
The ever popular Maroon Bells just after sunrise. It didn't turn maroon on this occasion but was still a wonder to see.
Fairly small and gregarious parakeet with a long pointed tail. Found mainly in forests, including Araucaria forests and even in large urban parks. Green overall with a rusty frontal band, a maroon belly and undertail, and a scaled breast. Its face pattern is generally quite indistinct, but note buffy ear patches, white eyering, and dark bill. Sexes similar.
The final image from a time lapse sequence shot from the entrance to my tent.
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Beautiful Maroon Bells! Maroon Lake & Twin Peaks
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View On Black This pair of 14ers could be the most photographed mountains in North America. The whole area is a photographers dreamscape. I recommend it to all my friends. It's near Aspen, CO xplrd
The power and head end of the Minnesota Northern Warroad Local is an all maroon affair. The train is currently tied down and will resume work the following day bringing traffic up to Greenbush and Roseau.
Maroon Bells in the White River National Forest in Colorado. Canon Photostitch of iPhone 6 back camera 4.15mm f/2.2 photos.
I finally made it to Aspen, Colorado yesterday afternoon to shoot the Maroon Bells, only to find out that the lighting in the afternoon SUCKS! It's a morning shot. Damn! Oh well. I've gotta have something to look foreward to next year. The sun sets right behind these mountains. It was all backlit in the late afternoon and evening, so I hung out until it was almost dark and shot this at dusk. It was a 30 second time exposure. I really like the way the long exposure gave the fast moving clouds a streaky look.
When presented with clear blue skies, I often avoid having significant sky coverage in my frame. But sometimes, blue is beautiful.
With a bright, evenly-colored background, the top of the mountains being hit by the morning sunlight creates a strong, eye-catching line. The strong contrast of the mountain shadow creates a second strong line. Take a great scene and reflect it to get symmetry with the result often being greater than twice as good as the image without a reflection.
The choice of focal length is always very important for composing an image. In this case, the twin peaks of the Maroon Bells were of primary interest to me. A focal length that makes these peaks large in the frame will best emphasize their over 14,000' size. I captured many frames using longer focal lengths, but I also liked seeing the bigger picture. With a mirror-calm water surface large enough to reflect the entire scene, I took advantage of the wider angle focal lengths available in the Canon EF 16-35mm f/4 L IS USM Lens (www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-EF-16-35mm-f-4-...) on this morning.
When not to use a circular polarizer filter: at sunrise or sunset, with a wide angle focal length being used and large amounts of blue sky in the frame, it is unlikely that I have a CPL filter mounted on my lens. A CPL filter used with a low sun angle and lots of evenly-toned blue sky in the frame is a perfect recipe for very uneven darkening of the sky, a look that is generally not appreciated. Learn more about circular polarizer filters here: www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Circular-Polarizer-Fi...
This is a complicated HDR image (www.the-digital-picture.com/Photography-Tips/Create-Natur...) based on three differently-exposed source images. Removed from this image was a line of other like-minded photographers.
Gear Used:
Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Canon EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM Lens
Gitzo GT3542LS Systematic Carbon Fiber Tripod
Arca-Swiss Monoball Z1 Ball Head
Camera and Lens Settings:
22mm f/11.0 1/8s, ISO 100, 5760 x 3840px
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The Maroon Bells are two peaks in the Elk Mountains.Maroon Peak and North Maroon Peak, separated by about a third of a mile. The peaks are located in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness of White River National Forest.
Snowmass, CO - It may not be green or full of Fall colors but man was it breathtaking! We arrived in the morning, due to the sun location this time of year if we arrived too early this whole valley would still been under shadow. It is considered off season so there were not very many people at the park. To say it was stunning would be an understatement.
There are six peaks in this area that rise over 14,000 ft and plenty of signs that warn: Only Experienced Mountain Climbers Should Attempt to Summit. Obviously I'm not one of them, but I an make a mean bowl of chili.
After hiking around the surrounding area I quickly realized that I need to invest in a 'travel tripod'. My choosing of inappropriate footwear with the addition of a boat anker for a tripod added to an exhausting endeavor to say the least. Alas, it was all worth it.
The night before we shot the maroon bells for sunrise, we spent the night in Glenwood Springs. I wanted to Stay in Glenwood Springs so April could get her first experience in a hot spring. She loved it!!!
For sunrise, we got to the parking lot at 4:30am and there already was 3 cars in the parking lot. So we got out of the warm car into the 20 degree air, April wasn't to happy about freezing in the dark.... LOL. Around 5:15 or so, more and more people kept coming, by 7am in time for sunrise there were maybe 200 around the lakeshore. So I am glad I got my shot and will not have to ever go back. I ended up having to crop out a person on the far right because they decided to put themselves and the tripod in the water. Can you see the other person in the photo?
The thing I love about being a photographer is getting that one shot that NOBODY else has!
I got up at 6:30 yesterday morning to get that magical, Maroon Bells shot that wanted to get. I had camped for the night only about five minutes from this spot. The sun wasn't even up yet. It was nearly dark, and I felt like I was the only person within a hundred miles who was even awake. So I get there and every single parking space in the lot was full. I had to park on the side of the road and walk a quarter of a mile through the parking lot. So... I get there and there are about a hundred photographers already there shooting. The edge of the lake looked like the sidelines of an NFL football game! Annnnnd... The light is complete CRAP! Even though it was still before sunrise, the sun rises earlier on the peak of a 14,000 foot high mountain. Sooooooo... The whole scene was in shade, with these bright, hot spots on the tips of those two mountains on the left. AND... It was windy, so there was no reflection at all in the lake. It SUCKED! I didn't even bother taking out my camera.
Sooooo... Now for the next two hours, the top half of the scene was in sun. The bottom half was in shade. So I waited it out. I wandered around shooting other stuff. Finally came back around 9:00 in the morning. The light was finally nice, and the wind had stopped, so there was a reflection. By then there were more like 200 photographers there shooting. They actually had to form two rows. The row in the front was kneeling so the row in the back could shoot over their heads. It was seriously one of the most insane things I have ever seen in my life. There was even a news crew shooting video of the photographers shooting pictures!
We moved on to a campsite at the Maroon Bells near Aspen and headed out for a little walk. It's easy to see why this is reputed to be the most photographed spot in Colorado.... the glacier sculpted Maroon Lake lines up perfectly with the mountains. Maroon Peak, at 14,156 feet, is the 27th highest peak in Colorado; North Maroon Peak, at 14,014 feet, is the 50th highest.
I chose to do a long exposure of some dramatic clouds moving over Maroon bells during sunrise..felt a B&W would do justice even with fall colors in the scenery!
Sunset. Maroon Bells. Colorado. It's rare as a photographer to get amazing conditions consistently! We have had the most amazing time and weather in Colorado and this sunset was one of the most beautiful I've ever witnessed! via 500px ift.tt/2zJIwDa
Maroon liveried 69009 Western Consort passes Oaksey hauling EMUs 701503 and 701504 out of storage as 5Q89, the 12:34 Long Marston - Eastleigh ECS.
The saga of the 701s continues with another in the endless series of moves to and from storage at Long Marston
As for the loco, I like the retro livery, but wish they would remove or change the name so it doesn't duplicate an actual Class 52
* The view (but not the weather) all visitors seek, looking Southwest toward Maroon Peak from Maroon Lake. Soaked and cold from hiking in the rain and snow, we waited from 9am until after 3pm hoping the storm would lift but it never did. This memory will have to suffice until I can get back again and hopefully the sun will be shining for our next visit. I'm amazed at how much further behind the fall colors were last year as most everything was already turning amber for our trip to Snowmass this year.