Another 'Million Dollar' View, a photo from Colorado, West

Photographer's Note

This is my third (and last) post from the Red Mountain Pass on the Million Dollar Highway en route to Ouray with John & Joanne Munro, and where we spent the night. This one hasn’t got yellow aspen or the unusual red rock of Red Mountain, but it has got the best light, and it is my favourite of the three.

It was taken at Yankee Girl Mine, but with my back to the mine and Red Mountain. While everyone else was busy trying different focal lengths and compositions on Yankee Girl Mine and the head frame, I turned in the other direction and this is the view I saw.

ISO200 FL38mm

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PixelTerror (0) 2009-02-01 2:18

Hi Kath,
Beware it's not trendy to cumulate boni in these times of financial crisis ;-)
I like this one too despite its price, very luminous, nice clouds in the sky and warm tones on the mountain to contrast against the greens & blues..
Have a nice sunday JY

snunney (130967) 2009-02-01 2:26

Hello Kath,
It's always worth while looking the other way ;-) This shot is no exception - a very good capture of this interesting landscape. I like the point of view you have chosen with peak placed slightly off centre. Interesting red/green tonal contrasts. Although slightly saturated the colours look natural and make a pleasing palette across the image. Excellent sharpness.

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Buin (42580) 2009-02-01 2:34

Good morning Kath!
These colours simply a amazing and the whole scenery is breathtaking - also your last pictures. You have had a wonderful favorable light to emphasize this miracle of nature and the sky also helps to accent these incredible sight.
Greetings from cold Germany where it snows - have a nice Sunday!
Frank

cbrman (21685) 2009-02-01 2:39

Hello Kath,

J'aime beaucoup le dégradé de couleurs le long des flancs de cette très belle montagne.
L'alliance des rouges , du vert et de certaine parties jaunes est vraiment excellente.
Un très beau paysage.

A+

Dominique

ChrisJ (171884) 2009-02-01 2:50

Hi Kath

We're both in Colorado tonight! The copper coloured mountain contrasts well against the blue sky. A superb upward pov, with good sharpness. Tfs!

rodgerg (55767) 2009-02-01 2:52

Hello Kath,

An another very nice view to the Red Mountain. I like here the prospect with the fir trees which go up on the sides of the mountains.
Colours, contrasts, balance, details well collected, harmony in the colours... an another image full of qualities.
Have a good sunday,
Roger

josepmarin (59385) 2009-02-01 3:31

Hello Kath,
This landscape inspires a great sensation of freedom, its forests are magnificent and its mountains offer us a great majesty and a great beauty.
The framing is very elegant and reinforces the showiness of the image, I like the luminosity and the colors that you have caught in your good photographic work.
The snow newly fallen in the summits is a nice graphical complement.
Excellent composition.
Best wishes,
Josep

baba_flies (8829) 2009-02-01 4:24

Hello Kath! And here comes the blue!!! After the rain some sunshine. We spent the night in Ouray too but a little outside in a tent. During the day it was pleasant but I was wearing socks in my sleeping bag at night :))) It was below zero, the water was frozen in the morning. Again a beautiful photo with the huge trees in front. The sky with this mix between blue and white is really attractive. Nice to browse through these things on a grey Sunday like today ... making plans, but also looking back ... Enjoy your Sunday! Barbara.

fulvio52 (8314) 2009-02-01 4:30

Hi, Kath.
With this post and the two previous ones we can safely state you got the best of both worlds at Red Mountain Pass. In my opinion : the perfect, subtle amount of polarization for another wonderful display of lighting and colors and a majestic feel of peaceful harmony. Love the framing and everything in it... moody in the unique Rocky Mountains way and VERY elegant. Makes me wish I was still there... A tip of the hat to you! Have a good day, I'll see you soon.
Fulvio.

Gerrit (62042) 2009-02-01 4:35

Hi Kath,
great composition and all thiose colors on that mountain really make this a top photo.
Excellent work.
Regards, Gerrit

mortijo (12828) 2009-02-01 5:34

Hi Kath,
An excellent shot. I really enjoy looking at your very impressive gallery. This one is really outstanding. Wonderful shades of green along the mountain side and a beautiul sky.
Regards
John

asajernigan (21427) 2009-02-01 6:06

Kath,
This is a great shot with fantastic lighting and colors! Your composition is great using the trees to provide and good border in the foreground. The blue sky and puffy clouds provide a nice backdrop for the shot.
TFS,
Asa

Sistercosmo (242) 2009-02-01 6:14

Hi Kath,
wow, another beauty!! Indeed an incredible light here and a wonderful sky with puffy clouds. Turning around sure paid off!! Great shot.
Take care, my friend, and see you around!
Linda

robiuk (10807) 2009-02-01 7:43

Hi Kath,
Both the close up of the head frame and this shot of
the view in the opposite direction are smashing. Pity
you don't have a photo that would show even wider view
of these mountains and lovely contrast between the green
of the various pine trees and the orange/red of the soil.
Going through all these photos must evoke many memories,
no?
Cheers,
Robi
PS. Has it already started snowing up there? - we're
getting some right now!

chrisnet (23062) 2009-02-01 8:37

Hello Kath,
I like this georgeous POV and the vivid colors, this shot is also very luminous, very well seen and done.
With all my friendships
Christian

Cricri (176) 2009-02-01 8:59

Hi Kath
Aussi merveilleuse celle çi aussi, une vue plus dégagée sur le bas de cette montagne au couleurs et détails magnifique
Friendship
cricri

Floydian (30970) 2009-02-01 9:35

Hello Kath,

More blue in the sky as the previous one, therefor i prefer this one i think, also because of the wider view and those patches of sunlight against the mountain. The scattered trees also work very nice for depth and scaling on that huge mountain....great shot.

Regards,

Henk

Wandering_Dan (3449) 2009-02-01 9:50

Hi, Kath -

Definitely a classic Colorado mountain shot - the clouds, the sky, the light on the mountain top. You can feel the power of the mountain here. It's amazing how many people miss the interesting stuff because they're too busy shooting the obvious.

Best,
Dan

jwmunro (286) 2009-02-01 9:51

Good morning Kath -

Well done! I think I will keep this one handy to remind me of the beauty of the Colorado mountains and our last days there with you and Rob.

Thank you for sharing.

John

carper (96) 2009-02-01 10:21

looks me a dream to see this in real Kath.
you made a good series here in the States, a good composition here, well taken shot, good light, good balance a pleasure for a landscape photographer, I like it a lot.
regard jaap

pboehringer (770) 2009-02-01 11:02

Kath,
aahhh, now the sun came out but the aspen tree is gone. Nevertheless, great colors and contrast leading the eyes all the way up to the top of the mountain.
Peter

gilou530 (34) 2009-02-01 11:21

re kath
another sight of this landscape of the American Colorado which shows us all the beauty of the colors under a sky which gives contrast to your photograph, you really went on a beautiful travel
friendship
gilbert

sleon (9402) 2009-02-01 11:30

Hi Kath
The light here really is photogenic and the range of colours in the landscape really amazing. Truly magnificent landscape well captured with the two foreground trees framing and balancing with the peak.
Susanna

maximage (15537) 2009-02-01 13:07

Bonjour Kath,
Excellente compo avce un dégradé de couleurs magnifique.
Superbe!!
Amitiés.
max

gneufeld (15890) 2009-02-01 13:23

Hi Kath,
I like it too - seems like one should just abandon life for a while and head on up on this wonderful mountain for a look around from the top of the world. Great perspective, Kath, and as in the other posts, I love the symphony of colors on this palette. Well seen and TFS. Gerald

gunbud (34066) 2009-02-01 19:18

Hi Kath,
Beautiful collection of clear natural colors are seen mving up the mountainside past the treeline to the fantastic blue sky and gathering clouds.
Wonderful sharpness and razor sharp details to this beautiful alpine scene.
Regards, Tom

danyy (0) 2009-02-01 22:57

Bonjour Kath,
des couleurs fantastiques et dans une palette bien diversifiée.
De la profondeur et de l'altitude, de la netteté aussi, toutes les qualités pour faire ressortir la beauté de cet endroit.
Best regards.
daniel.

coco (30439) 2009-02-02 1:01

Hi Kath.

What nice work with the light and this splendid sky.
This is a very good landscape. The place is nice and the way you composed the picture is very good too.

Regards.

saxo042 (38078) 2009-02-02 1:57

Hi Kath,
A fine reminder of the beautiful road between Montrose and Durango. If you were to take every photo here worth to be taken, you wouldn´t get anywhere... I wish we had stopped exactly here :) So many motives and not enough time...
Best regards
Gunnar

ktanska (44804) 2009-02-02 2:55

Hi Kath,
Oh yes, this shows all possible colours on that mountain slope. Colourful and sunny. As we have already seen an overall view, you could have zoomed closer with this one I think.
Kari

mesutilgim (0) 2009-02-02 6:57

Hi Kath,
Beautiful scenery very well seen and captured.
so many different shades of green.
Good pictorial geometry and nice informative notes.
TFS and best regards
MESUT ILGIM

Dyerco (10185) 2009-02-02 7:02

Hi Kath
The detail here is really nice. Well composed with the triangle of the peak between numerous triangles of the trees. The exposure is spot on.
Phil

danos (110407) 2009-02-02 8:22

Hello Kath,
very nice presentation of this miracle of the Nature.The complementary photos give a spherical knowledge of the Red Mountain Pass.I like the brightness,as the variety of colours of the scene.Well done.

Have a nice evening,Danos

syrus_persia (2270) 2009-02-02 23:06

Salam Kath
Wonderfull scene, masterly captured. Very good light management and great graphism.
Again good and usefull notes.
TFS and
best regards
cyrus

Graal (103040) 2009-02-02 23:41

Hi Kath,
the same mountain and very nice view, too. Fine journey You had with J&J Munro. Amazing colours of rock. Superb quality of photo. I like it.
Gr., Aleksander

Royaldevon (85932) 2009-02-03 1:23

Hello Kath,

A great pov with the tall trees in the f/g leading the way, like an army on the move, up the mountainside, towards the summit goal.
The dof is spot on, allowing us to enjoy every detail.
Excellent, sharp focus and a very good light. There are just enough clouds in the sky to give the interesting shadows which assist in defining the contours.

Have a good day,
Bev :-)

John_F_Kennedy (43797) 2009-02-03 1:38

Another 'Million Dollar' view and another beautiful landscape shot. Wonderful perspective of such a beautiful area. Well done.
Best wishes,
Achim

riclopes (35577) 2009-02-03 2:46

Olá Kath, I might agree with you in spite of the yellow aspen on the first one of the series is still amazing me. Not sure if it's the best light but it's definately the best general view showing the beautiful change of colors all around from the peak to the greenny FG. And there's also some blue sky which is always great and a nice play of shadows from the clouds. Impressive place.
ric

jlbrthnn (76043) 2009-02-03 3:22

Hello Kath,
I envy the chance that you had to be able to photograph these splendid sites as much. Your composition is superb and makes us with pleasure climb these raised slopes or délicieusement coloured. Excellent composition balanced and of an exemplary quality. Congratulations.
Have a nice day
Cordially
Joël

Photo65Net (43144) 2009-02-03 10:55

Hello Kath,
A great and amazing view.
I like your POV and your choice to include the pinetrees in the FG.
Nice one,
Have a nice day,
JB.

stego (24132) 2009-02-03 12:59

Hi Kath,
I hope you have coped well with the snow these days. Knowing about your fascination for cold weather, I imagine you must be very happy. :D>
Like Stephen wrote, sometimes it is very rewarding to look the other way. The others are also great, but this is the most attractive, even if the sky and light are less dramatic and it lacks the aspen dressed for Autumn.
The compo is spotless and the colours and light absolutely superb.
Regards, José.

ahmetgedikli (25609) 2009-02-03 14:43

An excellent landscape! Superb colors, lighting and nice sky... Well done!
Thanks for sharing.
Warm regards.
Ahmet

Atousa (7131) 2009-02-03 23:15

Salam Kath,

Like your other shots of this place, it is also beautiful n remarkable..the different hues on the mountain are really appealing ..I wonder the trees on the mount are planted recently or not..very well captured..tfs
Best regards, A

JCG (35153) 2009-02-04 9:22

Hi Kath,

Still a marvellous sight of this top to the varied colors. I find that here the sky gives a beautiful effect of relief to the image. I will like to walk myself on the slopes of the mountain… The fir trees in the foreground give much of depth to the landscape. Place of planet to be protected absolutely. Thank you Kath.

With all my friendships and a very good evening,

Jean-Charles

Emile (20352) 2009-02-05 14:35

Hola Kath.
Another superb shot of the well known mountains, this time your upward POV give us a magnificent view with the huge pine trees in fg decreasing in size as the distance increases between your POV and the top of the mountain, the colors contrast are great and also your wonderful frame and composition. Good work.
Best wishes.

sacavem (18620) 2009-02-09 9:05

Olá Kath,

Great POV!Really Wonderful view.
The colour and contrast superb with nice DOF.
TFS
Best Regards
Filipe

Angshu (56760) 2009-02-14 20:23

Hello Kath
IMO this is a better view than your earlier post of this place. The light is good & you even got the shadow of the low cloud which looks great. Barren peaks are otherwise not photogenic, but this one, thanks to the mineral colours is. Well done!
Best Regards
Angshu