Top of the World

[sparker1]

These two photos were taken above 12,000 feet on two Colorado Passes. The first is Cumberland Pass and shows the jeep trail that reaches the top, as well as the small alpine flowers which grow there. The second is Cottonwood Pass, and shows a large volume of snow still present there.

[felix21685]

wow those are spectacular..awesome..wish i was there :D
did u use a CPL?

[UltraImAn]

wow... very wide.... i like it

[Maureen Souza]

So pretty.... nice shots.

[Music to my eyes]

I love the composition on the 2nd one.

[cfcRebel]

Awesome views! Nice captures Stan!
Let me guess, EF-S10-22? :D

[sparker1]

Thanks, all. Those are with the 10-22 mm with CPL.

[SnowSpyder86]

2nd one rocks

[ed2day]

I like the second one too. Nice perspective of the "oxbow".

[kenyc]

Nice, very nice!!!

KAC

[bigun]

Awesome!! The 2nd one almost looks like you shot it with a fisheye lens..

[sparker1]

Thanks for your comments. Two years ago I got almost the same photo at Cottonwood Pass, but it required stitching two shots together. Much nicer to get it with a single exposure using the 10-22 mm.

[Raj]

Like both of them a lot !
Both have sort of 3D effect in them :-) colorful, contrasty pictures, especially second one !
Thanks for sharing :-)

[Michaelmjc]

Those are great shots, the color, the detail... wow.

[Reigh Higgins]

Great shots !

[sparker1]

Thanks for looking, Raj, Mike and Reigh. I feel good that so many people react to the photos much the same as I reacted to the scenes.