Tag: Forest Floor

Rio Grande National Forest, Colorado, September 26, 2020 PM, Part 3

By the time this final post, covering my fall visit to the Rio Grande National Forest, is published it will be late spring of 2021.  It would have been good to have been able to publish all of the fall photographs in the fall, but it takes time to review and edit so many photographs and there are always other trips, events and personal matters that delay getting posts prepared.

Maybe I should take fewer photographs?  But photography of natural places is my hobby and I get to do too little of it as is, so I will continue to make as many photos like these as often as I can get away to do so.

Fall Forest. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm @ 24mm, 1/320s, f/11, ISO 3200.
Red and Green Leaf on Log. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm @ 70mm, 1/200s, f/11, ISO 3200.

 

Dark Red. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm @ 70mm, 1/200s, f/11, ISO 3200.
Fall Forest Roadway. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm @ 24mm, 1/500s, f/11, ISO 3200.
Leaf on Log. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm @ 70mm, 1/125s, f/11, ISO 3200.
Leaves and Moss on Stump. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm @ 24mm, 1/125s, f/11, ISO 3200.
Leaves and Stump. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm @ 70mm, 1/80s, f/11, ISO 3200.
Trapped. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm @ 70mm, 1/125s, f/11, ISO 6400.

I’ll finish with a final photograph that I think is appropriate for wrapping up this trip.

Heart Tree. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm @ 70mm, 1/100s, f/11, ISO 6400.

The heart shaped scar on this tree appears to be natural and not one of the many carved ones that I encountered.

As soon as I publish this, I will begin preparations for another trip to begin in a few days.  I have much to do and still have to select a primary destination.  Maybe by next year, I will even be posting photos from that trip.  (I still have other events in the queue to work through before getting to anything new)!

Thanks for following, stay well and safe,

Ken

Rio Grande National Forest, Colorado, September 26, 2020 PM, Part 1

For our late day shoot, we decided to drive back into a higher elevation portion of the forest. I’ll refrain from using too many words to wrap up the final shoot of my last day here, so these last several posts will consist of mostly photographs.

Aspen Fall.  Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm @ 70mm, 1/250s, f/11, ISO 2500.
Aspen Leaf and Evergreen. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm @ 70mm, 1/200s, f/11, ISO 1600.
Leaf and Bark. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm @ 70mm, 1/80s, f/11, ISO 320.
Fall Forest. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm @ 24mm, 1/125s, f/11, ISO 1600.
Leaf Hoard. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm @ 70mm, 1/200s, f/11, ISO 2000.
Leaf and Bough. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm @ 70mm, 1/250s, f/11, ISO 2000.
Golden Forest Floor. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm @ 26mm, 1/250s, f/11, ISO 2000.
Gnarly. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm @ 32mm, 1/250s, f/11, ISO 2000.
Soft Landing. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm @ 70mm, 1/160s, f/11, ISO 3200.

To be continued,

Ken

Rio Grande National Forest, Colorado, September 25, AM Part 1

I walked from my campsite a little after 7AM, going down the utility right of way for a short distance, then ventured into the forest for a morning shoot.  A good thing about shooting in a fall forest is that one does not have to be in the woods before daybreak, unless one has a definite location in mind that requires one to be on location at a specific time.   It seems that the morning light in a forest can be good from early morning until almost noon, or even later if it is overcast.  So just wandering about in the forest looking for photographic opportunities, getting a later than pre-sunrise start is fine.

Aspen Forest Morning. Nikon D850, Nikon 14-24mm @ 24mm, 1/250s, f/11, ISO 3200.
Towering Aspens. Nikon D850, Nikon 14-24mm @ 24mm, 1/125s, f/11, ISO 1600.
Aspen Forest Morning. Nikon D850, Nikon 14-24mm @ 24mm, 1/125s, f/11, ISO 1600.
Aspen Forest Morning. Nikon D850, Nikon 14-24mm @ 24mm, 1/125s, f/11, ISO 500.
Aspen Forest Morning. Nikon D850, Nikon 14-24mm @ 24mm (before crop), 1/200s, f/11, ISO 1600.

I’m making so many images of the tree trunks and wide angle forest views, that I’m again thinking that these kind of photographs are getting redundant, so I spend more time looking for little details, like the small, colorful plants on the forest floor that are highlighted by morning sunbeams filtering through the forest.

Fall Forest Floor. Nikon D850, Nikon 14-24mm @ 24mm (before crop), 1/125s, f/11, ISO 1600.

Still I can’t resist getting starbursts (this one is too large and distracting) through the tree trunks

Aspen Forest Starburst. Nikon D850, Nikon 14-24mm @ 24mm, 1/320s, f/11, ISO 640.

and zoomed in images of a mass of Aspen tree trunks

A dense batch of Aspen trunks in Rio Grande National Forest. Nikon D850, Nikon 14-24mm @ 24mm (before crop), 1/125s, f/11, ISO 400.

or a wide angle image that makes the trees appear to lean towards the center, as if they are huddling to plan their day.

The Huddle. Nikon D850, Nikon 14-14mm @ 24mm, 1/250s, f/11, ISO 500.

But the forest floor is not to be ignored.

Stump. Nikon D850, Nikon 14-24mm @ 24mm (before crop), 1/80s, f/11, ISO 800.

To be continued,

Ken