Rocky Mountain National Park is now cloaked in white courtsey of our latest visit from the ‘Polar Vortex’. Now’s the time to get out on the Front Range of Colorado and make winter images as this is going to be the flavor du jour until things start to thaw out in six months or so. Moraine Park looked like a winter wonderland on Saturday and the conditions open up a lot of new oppurtunities to photograph Rocky Mountain National Park. Technical Details: Nikon D810, Nikkor 28-300mm F4.5-5.6 ED VRWinter has us well in its grips this week as early unsettled weather has filtered in from the north and west. The Polar Vortex, now the hip phrase of the day has brought with it arctic cold and snow to Colorado’s Front Range. While arctic cold and snow are certainly no stranger to Colorado, this blast of weather has arrived much earlier than is typical.
What does this mean for photography?. Well as always unsettled weather is usually good for making images if one does not mind getting out in the cold. Working a camera and playing with one’s tripod with the temperature around 0 degrees Fahrenheit can test one’s patience with numb fingers and frozen and fogged over viewfinders and LCD displays. Even so it’s a nice change of pace to see the landscape covered with fresh snow and winter like scenes.
While it looks like its supposed to warm up a little next week, winter is here to stay in the high country and places like Rocky Mountain National Park. It’s time to dust off the snowshoes, grab your winter gear from your attic or basement and get out in the field and make some images of winter scenes because we’ve got six months before things start to thaw out again!.
