{"id":99,"date":"2013-11-15T04:54:18","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T04:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tadbowman.com\/blog\/?p=99"},"modified":"2017-12-05T22:44:43","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T22:44:43","slug":"2013-colorado-fall-colors-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tadbowman.com\/blog\/2013-colorado-fall-colors-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"2013 Colorado Fall Colors Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following the same theme as the wildflower season, fall in Colorado was much different than years past. This year was a bit of a disappointment. The colors were around 2 weeks behind. A lot of trees that did turn were a muted color and then the snow and cold temperatures turned promising leaves into a rust or brown color quickly. However, just like the old saying, you must turn lemons into lemonade or make the best of the situation you are in. After all, when isn’t it nice to be out in nature? The following were my favorite images from this years outing.<\/p>\n

This image portrays early morning with Mount Sopris enshrouded in clouds after an evening of snow with orange aspen trees lining the foreground. I love this peak. It dominates the landscape and find myself photographing it often.<\/p>\n

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This image titled “Blending Seasons” was an image I visualized prior to a winter storm coming in. I was hoping that I might have a layering effect of snow and colors. When I hiked to this location, I was pleasantly surprised to see what I had hoped for.<\/p>\n

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As mentioned above, the colors weren’t as widespread and grandiose as recent years. However, in the San Juan mountains, the scrub oak was incredible. One of the best years for scrub oak I had seen in awhile. I spotted this image driving around and did my best to capture the multitude of colors on the hillside.<\/p>\n

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This last image was one of the few aspen strands I found that were healthy and colorful while I was out. This photograph depicts late afternoon light with clouds that are partially blocking the sun casting shadows on the scene. The mountain in the background is East Beckwith peak located outside of Crested Butte.<\/p>\n

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Following the same theme as the wildflower season, fall in Colorado was much different than years past. This year was a bit of a disappointment. The colors were around 2 weeks behind. A lot of trees that did turn were a muted color and then the snow and cold temperatures turned promising leaves into a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,11],"tags":[29,30,36,35,53,31,51,50,68,3,34,32,33,47,58,48,49,54,52,56,57,17,55,59,60,61],"class_list":["post-99","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-colorado","category-unitedstates","tag-aspen","tag-aspen-tree","tag-aspen-tree-image","tag-aspen-tree-images","tag-aspen-tree-photos","tag-aspen-trees","tag-autmnal","tag-autumn","tag-colorado","tag-colorado-landscape-gallery","tag-colorado-mountain-photography","tag-colorado-mountain-photos","tag-colorado-mountain-pictures","tag-colorado-mountains","tag-east-beckwith","tag-fall","tag-fall-colors","tag-fall-foliage","tag-gold","tag-landscape","tag-mount-sopris","tag-pictures","tag-scenic","tag-scrub-oak","tag-snow","tag-snowy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t