Thursday, 23rd October 2008
Peak of the Season
by Tien-Chien Chen
I wasn't sure what I would see at the end of this day - I have never been to this place, nor do I know the exact route and how long it'd take. A question mark was brewing in my head whether or not I should turn back and call it a day, or proceed on this gravel-road-turned-to-be-4WD-trail, which didn't seem to reach anywhere.
Just before the sun kissed the peak goodbye, the road did end somewhere, somewhere I will not soon forget.
Capital Peak, Snowmass Wilderness, Colorado
Equipment: Canon 5D + EF 24-70mm f/2.8L. 45mm 2.5sec at f/16 with Grad ND 0.9, ISO320, tripod.
Peak of the Season by Tien-Chien Chen was photo of the day on Thursday, 23rd October 2008. It is tagged Autumn, Mountains, Trees. You can leave a comment below.
29 Comments
kaybee
thank you for this…
Katherine Lee Strassburg
What a wonderful memory for you and photo for us. It’s a perfect picture. My first real memory of mountains is of the Colorado Rockies from the back seat of a 1950 or ’52 Chevy in summer of 1953, and it was love at first sight. I never tire of seeing any mountain at any time of year, but this picture could have been taken today. Thanks for taking me with you on this special day! This is definitely one of my favorite POTD’s……………..
Anurag
Lovely is the word to use. Quite an imaginative for an amature photographer. Why don’t you call yourself as an enthusiast “nonprofessional”.
Great colors and cirss crossing lines.
Pauline Jones
It looks as if another sun is kissing the tree tops; spectacular.
Bill McFall
What a great image of fall color in the glorious Colorado Rocky Mountains. Beautiful photo Tien-Chien!
Pauline Jones
PS This guy’s got a really nice website; check it out.
Malta Photography
Very nice shot and scenery. I like all the colors that you manage to expose with this shot. Its very well lit in every part.
Tien-Chien Chen
Thanks everyone for the kind words. It was taken first week of October.
saskia
perfects world
Alex
Nice shot but color saturation too high and end result a little too unrealistic.
Patti-Ann
I agree with Alex. Too unrealistic, but take the same photo, lighten it slightly and lessen the saturation, and it’ll be incredible – the depth of field and perspective are great!
Lisa Atkins
Positively beautiful!!! I have seen color this saturated in nature many, many times! This is a very nice shot!
Ellie
Looks natural to me, October light is a photographers friend, especially during the magical hours. Beautiful composition, color, and DOF…sharp.
One for the wall to be sure!
Miriam
Amazing colors! What a wonderful photo.
Marie Dunphy Harding
I like the mountains, a bit too much orange foreground for me, but very nice.
planet lover
Nice caption on your beautiful photo; it says a lot about loving nature and relishing the moment.
cabriolil
Breathtaking! I can only imagine how it must have felt to experience it live. Moments such as this always remind me that people are but one thread in the fabric of life. Thank you.
Srirama Raja
Great picture!! Great moment.
Pierre-Emmanuel Bourgouin
What a wonderful light !
Dennis
Excellent job of keeping the snow highlights in tact. Beautiful image!
Chris
Gorgeous, I can feel the beauty just by this picture.
Renee
I like the colors of purple in the mountains very nice! Its a great photo, well done!
Safia
Breathtaking! I want to look it at all day
Saleh Rubat
Wow .. Nice shot
sue gagnon
WOW-what an excellent photograph!!! I could languish here for an eternity!! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Joel Schenk
Excellent capture. Brings back memories of climbing Capitol a couple of years ago.
mike
I love the flower colors. Beautiful.
Su
love th colours
Renee
very beautiful