Ken Papaleo: X Marks the Shot: Spring Snow, foothills west of Denver, Colorado.

"X Shot" information.

Camera - EOS 5D Mark II

ISO - 100

Shutter - 1/125 sec.

F/stop - 11

Lens - 16/35 zoom

LOCATION.

1. Photos where taking in Evergreen, Kittridge, and Morison, along hwy 74.

CHALLENGE.

Last week a big snow storm was predicated for the foothills, west of Denver. That would be my next blog. The big storm turned out to be only about 4 inches of snow and now I had to look hard for good photos.

SOLUTION.

The first thing I noticed was the snow was wet and it pilled up nicely on the trees and their branches. This is what I would look for as I made my way east. Pulling into Lair of the Bear open space, you could see the snow covered trees. Hiking around I found a tree with a lot of branches in the horizontal position. I had the blue sky to work with but wanted more color, if possible. In one direction, leafless bushes, but still with color, could be lined up in the background. Using a very wide angle lens and a large depth-of-field ( everything in focus), this image was created. Another big storm is predicted, next three days. Will see, could be next weeks blog.

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