Photo thoughts & how I took it--- A Fall storm brings snow and rain to the Indian Peaks of the Colorado Rocky mountains during the height of Autumn as Aspen trees give off a brilliant yellow and gold glow. Quite the crazy weather which brought me snow, rain and hail while photographing. For this image I used a Fotodiox circular polarizer and a Fotodiox Grad ND which helped to even out the exposure. The color was just really something to see against that sky, it really made it pop. Fun times! As far as processing, slight HDR masking to bring out the textures more within the scene.
---John

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Photographed on a very quiet Autumn morning on the shores of Lake Estes, Estes Park, Colorado. My meetup/workshop group had some absolutely amazing conditions to work with. We were serenaded with the sound of the Elk bugling as the sun started to rise and paint the peaks with alpenglow. Needless to say we were all quite excited by the scene that was starting to unfold before our eyes. Some days you thank the heavens above that you are a photographer and get to see and experience the things which you do while most people are in bed sleeping. This was one of those days...
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As the sun rises in the east it brings new life and light to the ancient Bristlecone Forest at the Mount Evans Wilderness in Colorado. The wind was absolutely howling when I took this photograph and I had to really anchor my tripod pretty hard to get it. Then again a lot of the time it is windy up here at Mount Evans, however it is always beautiful!

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Golden Aspen trees reflect in a lake in rural Gilpin County, Colorado at the peak of Autumn. This was a really tough shot, perhaps one of the most challenging shots I have ever taken. The lighting was very tricky, changing by the second as was the reflection. With every little breeze, the reflection would completely disappear. The lighting would become very harsh and then the scene would go dark as clouds would roll over head. Patience pays off however and I think a lot seem to forget that and instead simply throw their arms up in the air and move on to a different location. Some things just take time and often we are rewarded greatly.
---John.

The Knights Of Pythias cemetery in Central City Colorado. There is something about this place which I find absolutely stunning and remarkable. It is a place like no other, where time has stood still from old wild west and where light dances like it doesn't in other places. It is one of my "go to" locations for Autumn photography and each and every time I am here it gives me photographs which are "keepers". The place simply explodes in color and light. This scene caught my and I thought it had a nice conceptual about it. The path leading through the forest in between the graves....it speaks a lot about life I think and the paths which we choose to take.
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Photographed a few days ago. People think Fall is over in Colorado but it really isn't, you just need to know where to look. Photographed at Chatfield State Park, I studied this area for awhile and ultimately what caught my attention was the reflection and how the foothills and their lines were creating a wonderful sense of scale in the water. Add in some Autumn trees and you have the makings for something magical. I photographed this scene using my Tamrom 200-400mm lens which would give me the long reach I needed and create what I call "compression landscapes"; using a long lens to study the scene and to photograph what the human eye would normally miss. I was pretty much over the moon and very excited after taking this image. One of my favorite shots so far this year.
---John


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Photographed Friday evening at Sloan's Lake in Denver, Colorado I stood here basically yelling at the sky and the scene which was folding out in front of me. I was completely in awe at what I was witnessing with how it seemed like mother nature suddenly turned into the world greatest fine art painter and decided to make the world her canvas, painting the sky brilliant shades color and dabbing in a brilliant aqua and orange into the reflection of the lake. I have seen and witnessed amazing sunsets in my time however this was without a doubt one of the absolute best I have ever seen. No questions even asked.Stay tuned, more to come!
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Photo thoughts and how I took it ---This Fall my photo meetup/workshop group was treated to a great sunrise and sky on the shores of Lake estes in Estes Park, Colorado. For this shot I wanted to get the movement of the clouds so I decided to use my Fotodiox ND8 filter which equaled an exposure of 25 seconds at f16. I loved the way the trees on the shore lit up with their colors. One of my favorite locations, it always yields shots which I am happy with. Fun times!
---John
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Photographed this past Fall in Rocky Mountain National Park during my annual meetup, it is utterly amazing how many images I took this year and it is utterly awesome how overwhelmed I feel at trying to even make a dent in processing them all. I wonder if any of my fellow photographers often feel the same? It is, by all accounts a very daunting task trying to wade through some 32,000+ images from Fall alone. The backlog never ends it seems as I continue to photograph as much as I possibly can and while at times I really wish I could stop the clock for awhile just to get caught up, I gladly wouldn't have it any other way. I have always said that the taking of the photograph is only part of the joy, the other is the experience it very self, something which is impossible to communicate in a simple photograph. As far as this image and technical stuff? Shot in HDR in camera with my A550, Fotodiox CPL and Grad ND. I Hope you all enjoy it.
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12-21-2012 The day in which the Mayan's said the world would end. I decided to wake up early and head to Cherry Creek State Park here in Colorado to hopefully catch a good sunrise and photograph Bald Eagles. While the Eagle's were no where to be found, mother nature gave me a gift which more than made up for it. A sky which was simply amazing and colors which I absolutely fell in love with. Looking to the west, as shot here, it was simply amazing with the clouds reflecting the rising sun, moving as if they were dancing in the sky. If the world was ending then this was the way in which I envisioned, maybe an asteroid or two as well.
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