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Winter Along The Range

Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado....

As a winter storm rolls in over the Colorado Rockies, the sun rises in diffused light caused from the blowing snow off the floor of Moraine Valley. I was honestly freezing when I shot this photograph, completely chilled to the bone, but the lightplay was remarkable, and the atmosphere of the weather made it all worth it's wild. It is scenes like this I love not only photographing but also standing in nature's solitude, witnessing. Some of you may remember the Coyote shots I uploaded a few months back, the valley below is the area where those were shot and where they hunt in packs at.

Hope ya all like it!
---John

More of my work can always be seen on my website at jdebordphoto.com Please don't use my images without asking first, all work is © John De Bord Photography and may not be used to blog, commercially, or redistributed without consent. Just ask me first!
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When I first saw this photo, I wasn't too interested in it, it just didn't do anything for me, but I have seen it a couple of times since then and it has really started growing on me.

First of all, I like the play in light and shadow, starting with the shadow on the bottom and then the light in the field and shadow in the mid ground mountains followed by the lit high peaks and ending with the dark clouds.

The clouds really add to the drama of this photo and in my opinion makes this photo, I assume you did some dodging and burning to get this appearance.

I think what turned me off of this in the beginning was the lack of a foreground. The tree in the lower right and the three pines on the lower left are nice, but other than that, there really isn't anything in the foreground, and that in my opinion hurts an otherwise dramatic image
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well that's one of the photos that at first sight don't really look spectacular, but after looking at it for a while, you start to realize that there's quite a lot to see.

to be honest, at first sight i thought this is nothing special. but taking a closer look, there some thing that really catch my eye, and which are really cool.

the composition is great and for me the photo is divided into 4 parts - the grassland, the forest, the mountain and the sky - the combination of the 4 is fantastic.
a very nice eyecatcher is the tree on the grassland - at first i didn't really realize it was there, but it jumps to your eye on second glance - same goes for the three threes to the left.

the sky looks pretty spectacular, great color gradient and looks like another snowstorm might be coming up.

altogether it's anice capture, with lots to see even if it takes two or three glances.

probably it's not your best photo, but it's well worth posting :D
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~LoneWolfPhotography Jun 30, 2009  Hobbyist Photographer
Simply stunning John! :wow: Love the stark contrast of the peaks against the stormy clouds. :nod: Awesome capture. :clap:
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`kkart Jun 30, 2009  Professional Photographer
Hey thanks how u doing?
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~LoneWolfPhotography Jun 30, 2009  Hobbyist Photographer
I'm ok I guess. Trying really hard to keep up with everyone's deviations and messages...:phew: It's a struggle and keeping me very busy. I'm good though. :D
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:iconpeterjcoskun:
ive featured some of your work here [link]
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:iconcalander:
I love the little lone tree and the other 3 trying to make a break for it :giggle:
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`kkart Jun 2, 2009  Professional Photographer
lol
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:iconpassion4photos:
Stunning view, simply breathtaking!:D
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~Dagorath May 21, 2009  Professional Interface Designer
Great stuff! The layering of the photo gives it such great depth - the trees in the foreground, the forest, the mountains, then the sky ... A progression in both the xy plane and the z direction, if you're mathematically inclined :)
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`kkart May 25, 2009  Professional Photographer
:) Thank you!
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~VidPen May 20, 2009  Student Digital Artist
Great picture, I really like the three trees on the far left
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