Last night was possibly the best sunset I have seen in Telluride, unfortunately I missed it and just managed a quick photo from out my apartment window looking at the glowing mountains above Town. I plan on getting out this evening to shoot some photos but I don’t think I can get this light again.
I’m packing for Mexico and am realizing Izzy is going to be a different dog when I come back. I notice changes in her day to day and it will be crazy to not see her for 2 weeks!
The weather forecasts have been off all year for Telluride and this last one finally benefited us. They were calling for up to 5 inches of snow and we got 22 inches! What a day on the mountain yesterday, my legs are completely beat. The photo above is Ignacio launching a rock into some deep untracked snow in a little known spot on the Telluride Ski Resort.
I am very proud to be working with the organization Art for Conservation in offering prints of mine while donation 5% of the profits to a conservation cause. I have picked the Prince William Soundkeeper as my organization to donate to because of my history with them and the area. This prints are the best quality in the business today and are done by Fine Print Imaging in Fort Collins Colorado. I currently only have 5 images for sale but will be getting more up very soon. To check them out go to Art for Conservation.
I captured this shot of some Willows covered in frost on my morning walk with my dog yesterday. The branches were perfectly back lit and had a dark background to make them glow. I really enjoy simple pattern and texture images like this and am going to have to bring my camera with me more often on my morning walks.
I woke up very early this morning and drove up to Lizard Head pass with the intentions of skinning into an area that I frequently visit in the summer to get first light on the Wilson range. When I started my ski tour in the dark I realized there was no way I was going to make it to the area I wanted to go to. I ended up climbing up to the top of a ridge and got first light on the mountains I was looking for but it was not the good position that I had in mind. I did have a great ski tour and got some good turns on the way down!
I have been spending a lot of time in front of my computer over the last few weeks and not much time taking photos. We have had a few decent snow storms but the skiing is still very thin. I have done a couple backcountry tours and have gotten some good turns but we definitely need more snow for things to get good. The photo above in from last week on the San Miguel which was a fun day but I’m now just hoping for more powder to play with!
I spent last night and this morning shooting photos on Dallas Divide looking out on the Sneffels range. It is a great shot but I hate to do it. What you don’t see is the 30 other photographers that are taking photos right next to me. With most of my photography I like to get as far away from people as I can and try to get more unique shots. The sad thing is that this photo is more likely to sell even though you see basically the same shot published all over the place. It baffles me sometimes what images photo editors choose. Now that I did my due diligence at “the turnout” I can move on to some more out of the way spots. Last night we got some snow in the mountains and the morning version of this shot is a little different with the mountains having snow on them. Looks like the bad weather has finally hit us, can’t wait for Lake Powell!
I went out with Rick fly-fishing on the Valley Floor just outside of Telluride yesterday and we had a stellar day. The Brown trout are running up through this small water and we were able to sight cast to some good size Browns with 3 weight rods. It does not get much better than that. We also caught a good number of Brook trout that are changing into their fall colors, very pretty.
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