Norske8

Just a few photographs of the fall colors near Purgatory, Colorado. I hope you enjoy them.

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kurty[B]

Beautiful!! I was just in Steamboat Springs this weekend, was gorgeous!

Averett

Amazing. That first picture is poetry.

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paddyjoe

Nice man. Looks like paradise.

inharmony

amazing pics

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sherpahigh

Those pics look great! Man I'd love to make some turns on that snow. I'm getting the itch big time for some skiing and those pictures aren't helping.

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Norske8

Thanks! With all the colors it is amazing how everything will be covered in snow in a matter of weeks.

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gump

those are really nice... looks like something you could see on a postcard.

Y2KDREAD

maybe Purgatory is not so bad after all, i think i would like it

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zenmaster10665

wow! great pics! thanks!

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XXXL-Bear

awesome scenery there

ok that series of photos didnt ease the will to go to North America

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tehblaed

amazing colors - is that kodachrome?

Force 10

yours is always fun to look at. thank you!

Norske8

I used film on this, Kodak Porta I believe.

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JumpinJesus

I love the depth in the last photo. It really shows just how majestic and expansive the landscape is there. It seems to go on forever.

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Norske8

1 more, near the Colorado/New Mexico state line.

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Sty

Hmm, the 1st one looks even a little bit over-saturated... tried Fuji Velvia?

2nd one has the perfect exposure, although I'm a little bit distracted by the trees on the right side... how long was the exposure? I really can't tell if they were moving or did you run out of dof

Otherwise these are some high-contrast pictures here. Looking at the shadows reveals little or no detail so some post-processing might help you to squeeze some life into those.

Anyways, pretty pictures. Can't really tell were the last ones better than these or not. I think they were not, they were more 'postcardish'. These seem to have more soul.

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sschlee

Just incredible! I really need to get up there to see that in person, but until I do...this will suffice!

Norske8

No, I have not tried Fuji Velvia yet. I need to do that.

Because I used my film camera I did not save the setting information but I do
believe that the wind was sufficient to cause the blur.

I agree the first one is probably oversaturated. I am colorblind and when I
use the contrast and color enhancers I tend to over adjust on certain colors.

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Hercules

Wow beautiful photos.
Although now that I look at them the colors could be a bit better, but the vistas are amazing.
Great job.

usrbinboy

Wow, I wish I lived near pretty stuff. Those are great.

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Sty

Ah but this is what you have to do. Can you carry a small notebook so you can scribble little notes about the exposure? It's a very very good thing to do because you want to be able to study your pictures afterwards

Got a nice wide lens already?

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Norske8

Not yet, the 70-200 mm L lens I just purchased is still giving me some guilt.

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BigJ11

Great shots, thanks for contributing

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nospam

I love that first shot. Fall in CO is amazing!

blackjack

very nice..good job

RonRyan85

Excellent pictures. Colorado is really beautiful.

1slOwCD8

wow.... really cool, but purgatory?

shred_head

Those remind me of puzzle pictures, I can just picture one of them having "1000 Pieces" written on it.

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