From a sub-zero morning much like this morning.
Feb 20, 2018 19:43:14 #
The temperature had been below zero all night with low clouds blowing through the hills. There was a layer of frost coating everything as the sun tried to burn its way through the clouds.
Feb 20, 2018 19:51:16 #
wdross
Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado
DMGill wrote:
The temperature had been below zero all night with low clouds blowing through the hills. There was a layer of frost coating everything as the sun tried to burn its way through the clouds.
Great shot. In the foothills? Near where? I only wish I had more time to shoot the area between Castle Rock and south Denver. It's been beautiful like this for a whole day.
Feb 20, 2018 20:43:33 #
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Feb 21, 2018 04:02:55 #
Shiver me timbers, I can feel the cold just looking at this photograph.
Well taken.
Feb 21, 2018 07:54:52 #
DMGill wrote:
The temperature had been below zero all night with low clouds blowing through the hills. There was a layer of frost coating everything as the sun tried to burn its way through the clouds.
Really nice shot!
Feb 21, 2018 08:34:15 #
A classic to depict delicate beauty. So I see that cottonwoods don't always have to be draped in yellow to be beautiful, but your photographic window is much, much narrower. Glad you caught it, and thank-you for sharing.
Feb 21, 2018 09:45:40 #
Feb 21, 2018 12:36:55 #
DMGill wrote:
The temperature had been below zero all night with low clouds blowing through the hills. There was a layer of frost coating everything as the sun tried to burn its way through the clouds.
I love this, it as exceptionally beautiful image.
I love winter photography. Unfortunately for us here in the west, winter seems to have past us by.
Thanks for sharing,
Mike
Feb 21, 2018 12:44:08 #
wdross wrote:
Great shot. In the foothills? Near where? I only wish I had more time to shoot the area between Castle Rock and south Denver. It's been beautiful like this for a whole day.
Thank you! This was just inside the foothills south west of Sedalia, probably at about 6,600' elevation. I'd been watching this tree for several years waiting for the right conditions to give me the shot I'd seen in my minds eye.
Feb 21, 2018 13:49:13 #
wdross
Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado
DMGill wrote:
Thank you! This was just inside the foothills south west of Sedalia, probably at about 6,600' elevation. I'd been watching this tree for several years waiting for the right conditions to give me the shot I'd seen in my minds eye.
I am sure I have driven by this tree although I haven't been up the road in some time. Your patience has been rewarded.
I have been driving past a tree that has had a pair of Red Tail Hawks raising their young for the last five years. Late last year I finally acquired the 400mm to 800mm angle of view needed for proper shooting. This winter, one of the wind storms blew the nest out of the tree (as you know, winds in the foothills sometimes reach 90 mph). Now I have the lense, but now I have to hunt for a new subject.
Feb 21, 2018 13:57:06 #
DMGill wrote:
The temperature had been below zero all night with low clouds blowing through the hills. There was a layer of frost coating everything as the sun tried to burn its way through the clouds.
So beautiful. Where is Colorado did you take this?. I love going up to RMNP to take photos.
Feb 21, 2018 14:23:31 #
Feb 21, 2018 15:42:03 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Very cool!
Cool indeed. This was one of those days that your hand is so numb that you know the exposure has been made by listening for the sound of the shutter. :-)
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