The Search for Fall Color

I recently returned from four days in Colorado in search of fall color. It was a bit more difficult this year to find good color with many areas running a bit late in turning and the color was not as vivid as it has been in the past. Did this have an effect on my photography? It did, but probably not in the way you might expect.

I had several grand landscapes in mind that I would like to have captured, but due to the conditions, I focused (pun intended) more on intimate landscapes. The image below is one such example. This photo was captured on Ohio Pass located in the West Elk Mountains between Gunnison and Crested Butte.

When the conditions don’t work out as planned, it’s important to keep your mind open to other possibilities.

~Tech details~
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: EF70-200mm f/4L IS USM lens
Exposure:  1.6 seconds, f/32 and ISO 400
Filters: none
Notes: processed in Lightroom

This entry was posted on Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 at 10:24 pm and is filed under Autumn, Colorado, Environment, Seasons, Southwest States. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.