{"id":9553,"date":"2022-10-19T22:26:47","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T05:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/?p=9553"},"modified":"2022-10-19T22:26:47","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T05:26:47","slug":"fall-colors-2022-contd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/19\/fall-colors-2022-contd\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall Colors, 2022 – contd."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mount Elbert is a great location to visit for fall colors. The forest road starts close to a pine forest and then passes up through an aspen forest at a higher elevation. <\/p>\n\n\n

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\"2747-0011-Fall-Colors-Along-Forest-Road-Mount-Elbert\"
Fall Colors Along Forest Road, Mount Elbert.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The previous night it had snowed on the mountain peaks, with rain showers at lower elevations. I chose to capture the aspen tree tops against the background pine and aspen forests. There is a light covering of snow at the top of this image.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"2747-0013-Aspen-Leaves-Mount-Elbert\"
Aspen Leaves, Mount Elbert.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

In the depths of the forest, one often finds odd boulders under the trees. There was an occasional breeze that afternoon. There were also large cloud banks that moved through the sky. There was a thin long blade of grass that was moving in the breezed. I waited patiently for a cloud bank to provide overcast lighting. When the breeze to paused, I managed to capture this image.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"2747-0028-Boulder-In-Aspen-Forest-Mount-Elbert\"
Boulder In Aspen Forest, Mount Elbert.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Close to this location on the forest road is a beaver pond that I frequently visit. During the fall, the pond reveals abstract patterns as the colors are reflected in the water.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"2747-0044-Reflections-In-The-Pond-Mount-Elbert\"
Reflections In The Pond, Mount Elbert.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Once the leaves drop, they become a carpet of yellow. Looking straight down, I captured an image showing some of the leaves. Soon the leaves turn brown and start to decay, so I included them in this image.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"2747-0096-Fallen-Aspen-Leaves-Mount-Elbert\"
Fallen Aspen Leaves, Mount Elbert.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Looking towards the base of Mount Elbert, I was fascinated by the layering of the colors in the forest. In this image, there are alternating bands of color from the pine and aspen forests.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"2747-0057-Fall-Color-Layers-Mount-Elbert\"
Fall Color Layers, Mount Elbert.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

After returning home via Buena Vista, I took another forest round that passes several ponds. More reflections as the reeds and grasses at the edge of the pond were reflected in the water. I also included some of the reflections in the pond from more distant aspen trees.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"2749-0071-Pond-Reflections-Near-Buena-Vista\"
Pond Reflections Near Buena Vista.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

In this final image, I included more detail of the grasses and bushes across the other side of the pond. I like the way that the grasses are mirrored in the water.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"2749-0083-Mirror-In-The-Pond-Near-Buena-Vista\"
Mirror In The Pond, Near Buena Vista.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

All for now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mount Elbert is a great location to visit for fall colors. The forest road starts close to a pine forest and then passes up through an aspen forest at a higher elevation. The previous night it had snowed on the mountain peaks, with rain showers at lower elevations. I chose to capture the aspen tree […]<\/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":[240,524,1731,239,293,1611,165,242,89,92,1853,28,16,306],"class_list":["post-9553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-general","tag-aspen","tag-boulder","tag-buena-vista","tag-fall-colors","tag-grasses","tag-layers","tag-leaves","tag-mount-elbert","tag-mountains","tag-pond","tag-reeds","tag-reflections","tag-snow","tag-water"],"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