Pikes Peak and Garden Of The Gods Park bathe in the pre-dawn light on New Years Day morning, the first day of our winter photo meetup. We froze our collective butts off (it was far below zero) but well worth it! The light was just beautiful, really clear and clean...and you have to love alpenglow!

Anyways I hope you all like it
John

Specs: In camera HDR using my Sony a550
1/4 second exposure at f14
Minolta 35-70mm f4 lens
Fotodiox CPL and Grad ND
Tripod and shutter release

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The first light of a fall day shines on the mountain tops of the Colorado Rockies as the skies of Rocky Mountain National Park.
Sometimes using a longer lens to get intimate landscapes that the human eye otherwise would miss is a wonderful thing, and so it is here using my Minolta 18-200mm on my Sony a550 to get in close to the detail. I love doing these kinds of shots, it is just amazing what you find! Combined with in camera HDR, a Grad ND and CPL, tripod & shutter release, it all came together. I really think that at times, God knows just how to paint the skies.

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First light of the day hits Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park. Below, in the valley, the sounds of Elk bugling was like music to my ears. Standing here, watching this unfold is akin to heaven.

Towering at 14,259 feet high, it is said that the climb to the top of the peak was probably first done by pre-Columbian indigenous people collecting eagle feathers. Pretty amazing to think that.

In camera HDR on my Sony a550, using a Minolta 18-200mm lens, Fotodiox CPL and GND , along with my tripod.

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John


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Dawn's first light breaks over the Rockies and the forests below in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. Scenes like this make it all worth it's wild getting up at 3:30am to shoot, having no one else really around, and listening to Elk bugle..nothing else like it!

This shot was kind of experimental for me, using both a GND filter along with my cameras ability to shoot HDR in camera. I think I rather like the outcome. I hope you do, too!

John


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Myself and ~Glitch-Chaos decided to make a return early yesterday morning to catch the sunrise at St Male outside of Estes Park, Colorado. Needless to say getting up at 330am was well worth it, as the day would yield some excellent shots!

The weather was completely wild and insane, when we arrived. We were on the leading front edge of a snow storm with the the sun making one heck of an amazing sunrise behind us. Wild as heck with the storm blowing down over the mountains, but the color and light was remarkable, we were just far enough and in the outflow of the storm, that the snow was falling, and the light completely diffused. If we had driven maybe a mile west to behind the church, we would be getting hammered from it all.

It was something though, watching the sunrise do battle with this snow storm, all the while trying to click the shutter in wind gusts that were very strong. Thank God for Puffin Pads is all I can say!

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John

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Season represented: Winter

Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado....one thing I love to do is use long lenses and shoot landscapes with them. It is amazing what you can see using a 400mm that you would otherwise miss. Often when shooting like this, I work the composition extensively in the camera, trying to frame it exactly as I want, adjusting it accordingly so and often times just panning, looking for something that catches my eye. This was indeed the case with this shot.

Captured on my Sony a550 using a Tamron 200-400mm lens, it is an in camera HDR shot set on +3. Tripod and shutter release cable used.

Please see the shot on my website here how it appears sharpened correctly for web use, not allowing for the DA resizing algorithms [link]

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John


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Season represented: Winter

Garden Of The Gods park outside of Colorado Springs, Colorado, stands in a fresh dusting of snow as the low hanging snow clouds prepare to bring more snow to the area. It was utterly surreal standing in the middle of this prehistoric like landscape, so tranquil, and so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. I am just thankful to have witnessed it.

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John


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Dawn battles with the night sky as the city of Golden and Lakewood, Colorado slowly start to show signs awaking from their sleeping slumber.

Captured along the top of Lookout Mountain, I am not sure what star that is to the left of the Moon, my best guess is maybe Venus?

About a 25 second exposure using my Sony a550 and my Minolta 18-200DT lens. I hope you all like it.
John

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Mount Evans Wilderness, Colorado

It is so beautiful up here, being able to look out the peaks at eye level, and feeling like you are on top of the world. I guess though, you literally are being up here. there is a wonderful silence, along with a wonderful sense of peace. I hope I was able to capture that here.

Sony a550, Minolta 18-200 DT lens

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John


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Standing
Watching The Light
Overcoming
Fear
Found In Darkness
Looking To The Skies
For Solstice
No Longer Solitude
My Hand Taken
My Soul Alive
My Heart Beating
My Dreams Fly
To The Color Of The Clouds


Sunrise over Longs Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado

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