Ralph Thornton
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Headquarters Falls on the Rocky Mountain Front in Montana.
Headquarters Falls - (Fall Theme)
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Pete Askew
Admin
Nice mix of colours there. How high is it? And what is the lower lying vegetation with the more red colours?
Hamish Gill
Tech Support (and Marketing)
Lovely colours mate! Just the sort of thing i was hoping for from this theme!
Good work on getting the theme going!!
Good work on getting the theme going!!
Paul Lange
Moderator
Nice Ralph! Is it me or have the trees here in the UK not turned orange yet?
Ralph Thornton
Well-Known Member
The falls are about 400 ft high. There is a large spring above the falls that provide the main flow but other springs pop out of the rock part way down. The trail I was on climbs to the spring pond above the falls. The orange vegetation is either some aspen trees or perhaps mountain maple.
Ralph Thornton
Well-Known Member
One of the advantages of finding fall color in a mountainous area like the Rocky Mountain Front in Montana is caused by the elevational differences. At my home just east of the mountains our trees are still mostly green although a few have some color. But in the mountains at higher elevations the season is more advanced. In fact this morning, the sun illuminated the mountains after a stormy period yesterday and the summits had some nice white frosting on them.
I'm heading out tomorrow for a five day trip and I'll hopefully see the complete run of fall from late summer through early winter. Should be fun.
Ralph Thornton
Well-Known Member
In case you missed it,
I started a separate thread with the Autumn Theme. But when I posted it I screwed up the title. The other thread is titled Headquarters Fall - (Autumn Theme) but the photo I present is of a place called My Lake.
I started a separate thread with the Autumn Theme. But when I posted it I screwed up the title. The other thread is titled Headquarters Fall - (Autumn Theme) but the photo I present is of a place called My Lake.
Chris Dodkin
West Coast Correspondent
Stunning location Ralph - and I love the way you framed the view with the pine trees.
Lovely color saturation - looks like it was a nice overcast day?
Lovely color saturation - looks like it was a nice overcast day?
Ralph Thornton
Well-Known Member
Yes Chris, it was a cloudy day. It really helped the colors I think. I suppose it's a fairly common technique but when the sky is cloudy I usually ry to keep as much Pf the sky out of the photo as possible.
