Colorado 2008 - pt 3
Another stop on the vacation was the Garden of the Gods. A beautiful area of red-rock formations. It was a little cloudy so the lighting was pretty flat, but you can still see the nice coloration on the rocks.
Most of the area is paved, so it's not exactly a major hike to get around, but the paths weave in and amongst the outcroppings so you can get some really nice angles on some of the formations.
As you can imagine, this would be a rock climber's mecca...and it is. There's a number of permanent routes in place, and there was no shortage of climbers working their way along.
So, I'd like to say that I'm just really creative with my photography and the lighting was just right and...well, I WISH I could say that...but this was just pure dumb luck. Somewhere amongst dodging the people, and swapping lenses, and everything else, my camera got switched to full manual mode, where the shutter speed was set to 1/4000, and the aperture was set to f19 or so...needless to say you other photogeeks who might actually read this, with cloudy conditions, and the ISO set to 200...that's really not a good exposure. But, with some post-process exposure adjustment, and a healthy dose of luck, I came up with some interesting shots:
