This year I wrangled myself out of bed and made the short drive over to Boulder and the Flatirons Vista trailhead to photograph the first sunrise of 2013. It was a chilly morning with temps in Boulder hovering around 12 degrees, give or take a few degrees depending on your location.
It had cleared off to the east over the high plains of Colorado but a nice set of clouds remained over the Front Range, and the Flatirons. The conditions were coming together to form one of our classic and intense sunrises here in Colorado. I hiked the few miles back to my location in the pre-dawn light and waited in the stillness and silence of the morning for the light show to unfold.
This mornings sunrise was more amazing than any fireworks show celebrating the new year and as I stood their watching it unfold there was no better place to be to start 201
I see you took this wonderful picture with the newish 40mm canon pancake lens. I have heard good things about it and I feel like it would be a great way to save some weight when traveling. What are your thoughts so far?
I also want to mention, all of your photos are fantastic and I used your site as a resource when I was planning my trip to RMNP last October. Keep up the great work.
-Stephan
Stephan,
Thanks for the nice compliment. Glad I could help out with your visit to RMNP. I picked up the 40mm for the same reasons you cite. I find it to be a really nice lens in a tiny package. It’s hard to beat the performance/price ratio on this guy, especially with the recent trend of Canon’s pricing on new lenses. It takes up almost no room in my bag and is indeed very light. I have not used the lens a ton, but overall I’ve been very pleased with the lens.