Crested Butte, Colorado

ubergeekubergeek Registered Users Posts: 99 Big grins
edited August 31, 2006 in Landscapes
Went up to Crested Butte last month to shoot wildflowers. I had never been up there before, and wow, was it stunning! Anyway, here are a few of my favorite shots:

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All were taken with a Digital Rebel XT; shots 1, 2 and 4 were with the Tokina 12-24mm f/4, while shot 3 was with the Sigma 30mm f/1.4.

Colorado is certainly a place of beauty, but even after living here 10 years, I had no idea how incredible some parts of it are! In many ways these photos don't do it justice--you really have to see it to believe it! So start making plans for next August... :D

Cheers,
Jeremy

Jeremy Rosenberger

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Canon Digital Rebel XT, Tokina 12-24mm f/4, Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8, Sigma 30mm f/1.4, Canon 50mm f/1.4

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  • saurorasaurora Registered Users Posts: 4,320 Major grins
    edited August 27, 2006
    Wow! You're right....it is stunning! And so are all of your shots! I can't imagine it being much prettier than your photos. You did great!!! thumb.gif
  • photogmommaphotogmomma Registered Users Posts: 1,644 Major grins
    edited August 27, 2006
    LMAO!!! That is TOO funny! I just posted that double rainbow - and didn't even notice your post! Wasn't that AMAZING?!?!? It just lasted for SO long! (My photo is taken 3 houses from my house. I love it here!)

    I just LOVE the second shot! They are all amazing, but that one just really captures what it's like here....

    If you get bored in Denver, come back out for the mushrooms. They are incredible this year with all rain!
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  • David StevensDavid Stevens Registered Users Posts: 107 Major grins
    edited August 27, 2006
    Gorgeous images.

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    David L. Stevens
  • ubergeekubergeek Registered Users Posts: 99 Big grins
    edited August 27, 2006
    photogmomma wrote:
    LMAO!!! That is TOO funny! I just posted that double rainbow - and didn't even notice your post! Wasn't that AMAZING?!?!? It just lasted for SO long! (My photo is taken 3 houses from my house. I love it here!)
    Must be great to live up there and be able to get such shots all the time! :D Yes, it's quite possible we were shooting different ends of the same rainbow at the same time. For my shooting buddy and me, it was incredibly serendipitous; we were shooting up by Gothic that day and started heading back to the car when the clouds started rolling in. (We didn't quite make it back in time and got ourselves a little wet.) As we headed back to town, the sky started clearing, and that gorgeous double rainbow came out of nowhere. I'm not sure I've ever seen a rainbow so intense! And we came down to just the right place to take in a panoramic view. My shooting buddy, with his 1Ds and 17-40mm, was able to get the entire rainbow--end to end--in one frame. The 12-24mm on a 1.6x camera is not quite so wide, so I settled for one end. Hopefully that's the only time I'll kick myself for not getting the Canon 10-22mm or the Sigma 10-20mm... umph.gif

    I can't wait to get back to the Butte, but there's so much more of Colorado that I need to see too!

    Cheers,
    Jeremy

    Jeremy Rosenberger

     Zeiss Ikon, Nokton 40mm f/1.4, Canon 50mm f/1.2, Nokton 50mm f/1.5, Canon Serenar 85mm f/2
    Canon Digital Rebel XT, Tokina 12-24mm f/4, Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8, Sigma 30mm f/1.4, Canon 50mm f/1.4

    http://ubergeek.smugmug.com/
  • MikkoMikko Registered Users Posts: 451 Major grins
    edited August 28, 2006
    The second photo has some nice colors. It reminds me a lot of a place on the souther edge of the Sierra Nevada called Short Canyon.

    Mikko
  • dbaker1221dbaker1221 Registered Users Posts: 4,482 Major grins
    edited August 29, 2006
    Great pics! I think the rainbow is stunning!!!!!!!!!!bowdown.gif
    **If I keep shooting, I'm bound to hit something**
    Dave
  • erich6erich6 Registered Users Posts: 1,638 Major grins
    edited August 30, 2006
    That rainbow shot is outstanding Jeremy! thumb.gif

    Have you tried stitching a panoramic on the computer? You can at least try to get those wider-angle shots that you can't compose in-camera.

    Erich
  • ubergeekubergeek Registered Users Posts: 99 Big grins
    edited August 30, 2006
    erich6 wrote:
    That rainbow shot is outstanding Jeremy! thumb.gif

    Have you tried stitching a panoramic on the computer? You can at least try to get those wider-angle shots that you can't compose in-camera.

    Erich
    Thanks!

    I've done panoramic stitching before with good results. I was tempted to do it here, but from my vantage point the end of the rainbow that I shot was the more interesting one, so a panoramic shot may not have been better. Or maybe I'm just saying that to console myself :D

    Cheers,
    Jeremy

    Jeremy Rosenberger

     Zeiss Ikon, Nokton 40mm f/1.4, Canon 50mm f/1.2, Nokton 50mm f/1.5, Canon Serenar 85mm f/2
    Canon Digital Rebel XT, Tokina 12-24mm f/4, Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8, Sigma 30mm f/1.4, Canon 50mm f/1.4

    http://ubergeek.smugmug.com/
  • mmrodenmmroden Registered Users Posts: 472 Major grins
    edited August 30, 2006
    man, that rainbow is amazing. Tempting me with that wide angle lens...
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  • gpgoldgpgold Registered Users Posts: 469 Major grins
    edited August 30, 2006
    ubergeek wrote:
    Went up to Crested Butte last month to shoot wildflowers. I had never been up there before, and wow, was it stunning! Anyway, here are a few of my favorite shots:

    All were taken with a Digital Rebel XT; shots 1, 2 and 4 were with the Tokina 12-24mm f/4, while shot 3 was with the Sigma 30mm f/1.4.

    Colorado is certainly a place of beauty, but even after living here 10 years, I had no idea how incredible some parts of it are! In many ways these photos don't do it justice--you really have to see it to believe it! So start making plans for next August... :D

    Cheers,
    Jeremy

    Very beautiful series, I want to get there!

    regards,

    Gary
  • ehughesehughes Registered Users Posts: 1,675 Major grins
    edited August 30, 2006
    Beautiful set, great job... thumb.gif
    Ed

    www.edhughesphoto.com
  • gpphotosgpphotos Registered Users Posts: 266 Major grins
    edited August 31, 2006
    these are freakin awesome man

    i love how dark blue the sky is in the second pic and how the clouds seem to jump off the page.

    and that rainbow...that pic should be published somewhere...very well done.
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