This photo is another in my series from Colorado last fall. I was excited to travel to Colorado and take some photos of the intense aspens and cottonwood trees. The colors that year in Utah were as vibrant as I have ever seen them. One of my side trips was to go to Hanging Lake Colorado and film that wonderful area in full fall color. The only problem was that Colorado had a super freeze that hit the area a few days before we left. There were only small pockets of color. This area was one of them. This is just as the creek is about to enter the Colorado River. By the time we arrived here it was about noon with a full sun. In order to blur the photo I used a neutral density filter and a polarizing filter. This decreased the amount of light hitting the sensor. I also dropped the iso to 100 and stopped down to f/22. Even with all of this all I could muster was a 1.7 second exposure. For this type of photo two pieces of equipment are a must. First a steady tripod with a strong ball head. I also used a cable release to minimize vibration.

I like the intense blue sky.
I like the color of the leaves.
I like the dead trees both standing and fallen over the water.
I would like to have more trees with color on them. Maybe next time.


The Specs:
f/22
Shutter 1/1.7sec
+0.7 ev
38 mm
iso 100

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