Sunday, July 11, 2010

Where have I been ?!?!

its been a while but I've been super busy and I'm currently in Colorado wrapping up a visit with friends and checking out a few photo ops. Here are some quick edits from this trip (whatcha think of the photo borders ? I'm trying something new):


The clouds above Long's Peak (above photo) finally opened up as I thought my hike up Ute's trail was a complete wash. The winds were around 20-30mph and the air temp was a toasty 43F. A Singh Ray Vari-ND and a 3 stop grad ND allowed me to capture a 'growing' effect from the slow moving clouds.



The first time I ever laid eyes on a capture from Dream Lake I told myself that was one of the must see spots for my personal 'list' (I think I'm too young for a bucket list, but maybe its on that one too). This was from early July, but I hear that its a great snowshoe hike in for an icy lake with the alpenglow on Hallet's Peak.


I was fortunate to get to Alberta Falls after hitting Dream Lake earlier in the morning with the light not glaring down. I worked my way down the embankment along the rushing river to get a better perspective. A mix of hand-holding a 3 stop grad ND, trying to block water spray, keeping a sure footing and actually snapping a usable photo was damn near impossible, but I was a very happy shutterbug when I downloaded this one.





So I flopped on the Bluebird Lake hike - we arrived much later than expected and the winds were absolutely unbearable for photography. On the way back out, I was able to capture some cuddly yellow-bellied marmot playtime on the boulders near the trail.