Fog and rain are a great way to convey mood's through weather. The soft diffused light and fog sifting through the Aspen boles helps to set the stage. When Aspen tree's first bud out each spring, their leaves turn an intense key lime like color. The translucent lime green leaves will last only a short while before the leaves turn a darker green. I photographed this nice grove of spring Aspen tree's in the McGraw Ranch area of Rocky Mountain National Park on the backside of Lumpy Ridge. The light rain on the leaves, fog and diffused light are the perfect conditions to showcase the tree's spring green. Technicial Details: Canon EOS 1Ds III, 24-105mm F4 ISThe last few days have been very productive for me in the field. It’s no coincidence that we’ve been having a very unsettled weather pattern here on the Front Range the last few days. I like nothing better than to work in and on the edges of weather. Dynamic weather leads to dynamic photography.
I was treated to rain, snow, and fog all in the last few days. While it’s been grey and dreary down here around Boulder and most have my Sun worshiping friends are experiencing withdrawal symptoms from lack of Sun the last three days, I’ve been reveling in what I consider great weather, for photography at least.
I had some of the most amazing conditions on Saturday which I’ll share in my next post. For now, I’ll leave you with an image I made this morning in McGraw Ranch area of Rocky Mountain National Park.
