Alpine Lake

[sparker1]

Molas Lake, about 10,000 feet above sea level, is near Silverton, CO. The shot was taken early in the day with the kit lens, f 10, 1/4 second, CPL, ISO 100.

[asdf54]

Very nice

[tckadventures]

Wow! is that red rock in the foreground naturally that red?? do you know what it is?

[Harold_L]

Stan, you are truly a master of composition. Did you wait until the ducks had swam into the picture?

Harold

[dancad]

Very nice, love the colors.

[dewmuw]

Did you climb the 10000 feet? It was well worth it if you did - thanks for sharing.

[kenyc]

Great Shot. And to answer for Stan there are many places in CO where the rocks are that red.

KAC

[ed2day]

Nice shot. The San Juan mtns. are gorgeous.

[bigun]

If you keep posting these beautiful pics I may move to CO! Anothe beautiful shot..

[kenyc]

If you keep posting these beautiful pics I may move to CO! Anothe beautiful shot..

No, no, it's not all like that. There are some really ugly parts. Really! I'm serious.
:) :) :)

KAC

[sparker1]

Well, I'm enjoying everyone's comments. Certainly I appreciate the positive feedback.

Harold, I took some with and without the ducks, but decided I liked having the ducks in the scene. I suppose my thrifty nature wants to get as much as possible in each shot.

Theresa, as Kenny said, there is a lot of red rock in this area, whole mountains of it (shown in some earlier posts). Unfortunately, I don't know what type of rock it is.

Damian, I suppose you could say I climbed the 10,000 feet, but most of it was in a vehicle. I'm doing well to climb a few hundred feet on my own.

Bigun, you live in a pretty nice area, but the scenery in CO is spectacular. You should visit, however, before making life-altering decisions. They do have winter here.

[Raj]

Beautiful ! great colors, nice reflection, only sky seems to be a little bit washed out at left hand, but i guess it cant be helped.
Thanks for sharing :-)

[Angel_LCD]

Just beautiful :) Thanks for sharing :)

[Reigh Higgins]

Great shot as always Stan ! Looks like your enjoying you trip.
Regards, Reigh

[sparker1]

Raj, you made a good observation. The left corner is overexposed because that's where the sun was at the time. Even with the polarizer, I couldn't avoid some degree of overexposure and still get the shot I wanted.

Angel_LCD and Reigh, thanks for your compliments. And, Reigh, yes we are having a wonderful trip. Almost too much to grasp all at once, but I'm trying.

[RockOne]

Great colours !.
do you know what it is?
It looks like sandstone with a coating of iron-oxides.