Rising to an elevation of 11,317′ and taking up half of the mighty Aquarius Plateau of South Central Utah, Boulder Mountain towers over the surrounding deserts. It is a wonderland of tall lodge pole pines and aspen groves.
On my return from the Southwest adventure in September/October I crossed over the mass of Boulder on my way from Escalante to Torrey just in time to catch the aspens at the peak of their autumn glory. With all of the Beauty around me it’s a wonder I made it over the mountain at all.
A focal length of 135mm, short telephotoland, gave me the compression and angle-of-view I wanted as the sun peeked through the overcast and lit up the closest grove. An aperture of f/16 from the camera-to-subject distance offered plenty of depth-of-field; and a shutter speed of 1/30th second at ISO 200 was enough to stop the motion from the soft breezes wafting over the mountain.
Much of Boulder lies within the Dixie National Forest, one of our great Public Forestlands of the Colorado Plateau.
That’s gorgeous, love the composition.
Hey John, thanks very much for your kind words. It’s great to hear from you! From following your adventures, it seems that you are having a lovely winter in the Adirondacks and along with it lots of wonderful opportunities for creative imagery. Good stuff! Hope you and Michele are safe and well. I’m planning an adventure in ’22 that I looking forward to sharing with you.
Walk in Beauty,’
Beautiful Don. Hope u had a Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year
Hi Mike We did have a good Christmas and hope that you and your family did likewise. I really appreciate your thoughtful comment and hope that ’22 is a year of wonderful creativity and adventure for you. Stay safe. Walk in Beauty.
Beautiful image. Happy New Year!
Hey John, it’s good to have you with me. I hope you are looking forward to an excellent New Year, filled with lots of wonderful photography adventures. Thanks for those kind words; I really appreciate them. In the next couple of weeks I’ll be sharing some things upcoming for me in the New Year, so stay tuned. Take good care and be safe.
That is a lot on beauty to drive through. I am glad you had an opportunity to stop and capture some of it. I understand how it must have be hard not to stop for every change of view. I am glad you are able to be out there. Thanks for sharing.
Hey Nancy T. I hope you’ve been enjoying a wonderful Holiday Season. I’m looking forward to catching up very soon. I wish I could have shared the Shoulder of Boulder with you. We might still be there. The more time I spend in the deserts of the Colorado Plateau and the mountains that crown them, the more I look forward to being in them. I’ll send you a link to a Barry Lopez documentary that I think you will really enjoy. Be safe whenever you head back to West Tennessee. Talk soon. Walk in Beauty.
In the fall of the year there is little to compare with the golden glow of the Aspen. Combine that with you eye for composition and you have given us a beautiful Weekly Image.