The Road from Fall to Winter

JimFox

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It's that time when Fall leads into Winter that I find kind of fun. We the last of the fall colors hanging on, but the beauty of some snow and the wonderful contrasts that it can create. It's a time for gloves, hats and hot chocolate! :)

This is from Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs, Colorado. I was traveling up from New Mexico to go back to my daughters in Colorado. I knew from watching the weather that Colorado Springs among other places would get some snow the night before. As I was leaving Pueblo, the sky was a solid grey mass, no details to it at all. So I was figuring I would then just skip Garden of the Gods. But as I got into the town of Colorado Springs, some shapes started to appear in the clouds, so I decided why not run over to GotG. It was just 13 mins from the I-25. So I did, and the storm continued to break up over the next 2 hours to where there was mostly blue skies by the time I left. But when I first got there, I think the clouds looked super cool.

All comments are welcome,

Jim

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AlanLichty

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The most interesting atmospherics are usually at the tail end of stormy conditions and this illustrates that well. Nice place to use as a foreground for these clouds.
 
JimFox

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AlanLichty said:
The most interesting atmospherics are usually at the tail end of stormy conditions and this illustrates that well. Nice place to use as a foreground for these clouds.
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Thanks Alan.

And yeah, that's why I drove into Yosemite during snow storms so often so that I could capture the clearing storm.
 
BlackRockArt

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JimFox said:
It's that time when Fall leads into Winter that I find kind of fun. We the last of the fall colors hanging on, but the beauty of some snow and the wonderful contrasts that it can create. It's a time for gloves, hats and hot chocolate! :)

This is from Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs, Colorado. I was traveling up from New Mexico to go back to my daughters in Colorado. I knew from watching the weather that Colorado Springs among other places would get some snow the night before. As I was leaving Pueblo, the sky was a solid grey mass, no details to it at all. So I was figuring I would then just skip Garden of the Gods. But as I got into the town of Colorado Springs, some shapes started to appear in the clouds, so I decided why not run over to GotG. It was just 13 mins from the I-25. So I did, and the storm continued to break up over the next 2 hours to where there was mostly blue skies by the time I left. But when I first got there, I think the clouds looked super cool.

All comments are welcome,

Jim

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Jim, for a few minutes I was thinking "what a lovely shot from Arches National Park ”, then it dawned on me ： this ain't no Utah ! :D

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Peter Michal

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JimFox said:
It's that time when Fall leads into Winter that I find kind of fun. We the last of the fall colors hanging on, but the beauty of some snow and the wonderful contrasts that it can create. It's a time for gloves, hats and hot chocolate! :)

This is from Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs, Colorado. I was traveling up from New Mexico to go back to my daughters in Colorado. I knew from watching the weather that Colorado Springs among other places would get some snow the night before. As I was leaving Pueblo, the sky was a solid grey mass, no details to it at all. So I was figuring I would then just skip Garden of the Gods. But as I got into the town of Colorado Springs, some shapes started to appear in the clouds, so I decided why not run over to GotG. It was just 13 mins from the I-25. So I did, and the storm continued to break up over the next 2 hours to where there was mostly blue skies by the time I left. But when I first got there, I think the clouds looked super cool.

All comments are welcome,

Jim

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That rock formation looks like it grew overnight on the road! Nicely captured, interesting winter atmosphere.
 
JimFox

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Peter Michal said:
That rock formation looks like it grew overnight on the road! Nicely captured, interesting winter atmosphere.
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Thanks Peter. This rock structure is a bit out of place compared to where the others are. It's cool though how they are spread out and pop up.
 
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