From a few days ago. As I am working on Altitude Acclimation for backpacking later in the month, I spent some time hiking up Blue Lakes trail in SW Colorado off of CR7. I was thinking it would be crowded with it being the 4th of July, but it wasn't too bad. Perhaps it's because the rapid decline in the condition of CR7 as it turns from a road that anyone could drive on to where it's going to be 4x4 only in a few years. Fortunately there was only one vehicle that had slipped off the side of the road and was stuck when I drove up. A couple of guys in Jeeps with tow ropes were being kind enough to help pull the guy back onto the road as I got there.
At the Blue Lakes Trailhead, the trail has a fork and splits into the Blue Lakes Trail and the Blaine Basin Trail. 90% of the people go on the Blue Lakes Trail, this image is from the beginning of the Blaine Basin Trail. I have always liked the way it looks, so I often will capture this before heading back onto the Blue Lakes Trail.
When I framed this in the camera, I was struck by how it just felt like there was green everywhere. It was almost a green overload. The dandelions helped break up the color a bit, but really it was all about the green to me.
All comments are welcome,
Jim
At the Blue Lakes Trailhead, the trail has a fork and splits into the Blue Lakes Trail and the Blaine Basin Trail. 90% of the people go on the Blue Lakes Trail, this image is from the beginning of the Blaine Basin Trail. I have always liked the way it looks, so I often will capture this before heading back onto the Blue Lakes Trail.
When I framed this in the camera, I was struck by how it just felt like there was green everywhere. It was almost a green overload. The dandelions helped break up the color a bit, but really it was all about the green to me.
All comments are welcome,
Jim
