This afternoon we headed to Red Rocks Park for a short hike to appreciate the Fall Colors and the great day’s weather. As we climbed up the trail, we met several cyclists on mountain bikes, making their way either up or down the trail. I made this image just before a couple of cyclists bikers entered the frame as they made their way up the trail.
Red Rocks Fall, No 1
The mountain slopes were covered with a wide variety of fall colors in the grasses and low bushes. Also, the recent rains this week added to the color of the juniper trees.
Fall Colors On Mountain Slopes At Red Rocks
As the sun set, the long shadows crept up the hogs back. I looked for a boulder to add a foreground element in the following image.
View Towards The Hog Back
I noticed bright yellow lichen as we walked past this boulder. I included the pale blue grasses as foreground elements in this image.
Lichen Covered Boulder, Red Rocks
As we headed by the car, I noticed a patch of orange-red grasses.
Red Grasses At Red Rocks
As we headed back to the car, the full moon was rising in the east. Unfortunately, I did not make a decent image of the moon rise.