{"id":9539,"date":"2022-10-11T22:56:36","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T05:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/?p=9539"},"modified":"2022-10-11T22:56:40","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T05:56:40","slug":"fall-colors-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/11\/fall-colors-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall Colors, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This year, I made a few trips to the mountains to capture some of the fall colors. While camping, I made a trip to Ohio Pass, where I found these grove of aspen trees, with a mix of green and yellow leaves, growing on the scree slope.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Fall Colors, Ohio Pass.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Early the next morning, I headed to Mill Castle about sunrise. Last year, I discovered a great location at Mill Castle during the late afternoon drive. So this year, I made a repeat visit in the morning.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Mill Castle Forest Road, No 1.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The trees were full of birds, and many chipmunks were running along the fencing and up the trees. I did not have a long lens, so no attempt for any bird photography.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Mill Castle Sunrise.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Walking along the forest road, I found this location where the road disappeared into a tunnel formed by the trees.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Mill Castle Forest Road, No 2.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Later in the day, I headed to Kebler Pass. Aspen forests often have ferns growing below the trees. I have never made any decent images in previous years, but managed to get a couple of images during this trip.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Ferns In The Aspen Forest, Kebler Pass.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The ferns turn from green to yellow to brown. This year, I was a little early, so the ferns were a pale yellow. After a week or two, the ferns turn a brown color.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Ferns In The Aspen Forest, No 2.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

That was a great trip, until I got a punctured tire later in the afternoon. After mounting the spare, I headed back to the campsite and dinner. It turned out that the tire was totally written off!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This year, I made a few trips to the mountains to capture some of the fall colors. While camping, I made a trip to Ohio Pass, where I found these grove of aspen trees, with a mix of green and yellow leaves, growing on the scree slope. Early the next morning, I headed to Mill […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[240,239,1851,251,1850,1852,34],"class_list":["post-9539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-general","tag-aspen","tag-fall-colors","tag-ferns","tag-forest","tag-forest-road","tag-scree","tag-sunrise"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\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\n\t\t