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Rocky Mountains Autumn Trees #5

Aspen trees in fall colours at Bear Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, U.S.A.

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The story behind this image

When my wife Liz and I were planning our holiday to the United States one of her 'must see' criteria was fall colours.

High on my list of priorities were mountains and lakes, so the Rocky Mountain National Park at the end of September was the obvious place to go.

Neither of us were disappointed, and most of the time we got to see mountains, lakes and the glorious autumn colours of aspens and cottonwood trees all at the same time.

One of our favourite locations for looking at and photographing the colours was Bear Lake and its surrounding trails, and we re-visited this area multiple times during our two week stay.

This stripe of golden aspens, surrounded by green pine trees and grey rocks, stood out like a ray of sunshine on the far side of the lake.

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Image data

Filename - rocky mountains autumn trees 05.jpg

Camera - Canon EOS 6D

Lens - 24-105mm zoom @ 105mm

Exposure - 1/30 sec @ f11, ISO100

Location - Bear Lake, Colorado, U.S.A.

This image - 640x800px JPEG

Conversion - Adobe Lightroom

Comments - Polarising filter used to enhance colours.