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I have talked many times about the struggles of travel landscape photography. It has been a hell of a learning process for me. I think it even shaped my personality into an eve keeled one. I started as an impatient youngster, trying to bend the conditions to my liking, often ending frustrated. As time progressed, I learned to adjust and to work with the conditions.

I want to talk a bit about our trip to the rocky mountains of Colorado a couple of years ago. After a good bit of research and planning, my wife and I were able to get vacation days lined up for the last week of September and the first week of October. As we reached the San Juan mountains, we realized that we were late by at least a week, a lot of the trees were missing their leaves. We also learned that the two weeks were going to be stormy with an overcast sky and expected rain.

The conditions were terrible but I knew one thing from my experience shooting the Sierras, mountains and clouds is an excellent mix. They change constantly, and if you stick with it, you can come out with some fantastic compositions. The subject of today's shot is the San Juan Mountain peak from the last dollar road. The mountain peaks were covered by the clouds for most of the drive but opened up sporadically, and I utilized one of those moments to capture this beautiful scene with the road snaking through the mountain pass. The Peaks were showing their presence before disappearing behind cloud cover and rain threatening to unleash any minute. I love this shot because it embodies everything about the mountains, the unpredictability, the imposing structures that stood the test of time, and more than anything the sheer beauty of nature.

Taken in: United States / Colorado / Vanadium (show map)

Taken on: October 9, 2016

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Camera: Nikon D800, f/8.0, 1/30 sec, 58mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D800
Lens:	24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.033 sec (1/30)
Focal Length:	58mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	+1/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Scene Capture Type:	Landscape
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 21.1 (Windows)
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