July 16, 2012 Glowing Paintbrush in the San Juan National Forest, Colorado
Glowing Paintbrush
San Juan National Forest, Colorado, USA
Canon EOS 1Ds Mk III; 17 TS; 1/2000, 1/500, 1/60, 1/30, 1/15, 1/8 & 1/4 sec; f11; ISO 100
Image taken on July 15, 2012.
Photography is all about planning and luck. Yesterday morning I set up at my favorite pre-sunrise spot and the clouds were quite cooperative. I was initially disappointed when another photographer arrived and was shooting such that I would have been in his picture if I had gone to the sunrise spot I had in mind. So, I just stayed at the pre-sunrise spot and I was glad I did. The clouds continued to cooperate, and when the sun crested the horizon, the Sulphur Paintbrush in the foreground started to glow — magnificent!
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