Outdoor Photographer – September 2019

Kebler Pass, Crested Butte, Colorado

By Jon Reynolds
This mountain pass in Gunnison National Forest is home to
one of the largest aspen groves in the world and is only

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of October to be the best time to capture the leaves both
on the trees and also those recently fallen on the ground.
As I wound my way around Coal Creek, approaching the
eastern terminus of the pass on this rainy morning, I was
particularly struck by the tall, slender trees layering the

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wide-angle lens, I felt a telephoto would be more appropri-

ate to help accentuate the vertical nature of the landscape,

which reminded me of a box of freshly dipped paintbrush-

es ready to apply their brilliant gold, green, orange and

crimson colors to an otherwise gray autumn canvas.

³ Sony a7 III, Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS at

282mm. Exposure: 1/250 sec., ƒ/9, ISO 400.

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