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Season's end

            Again, here's a snap in upper St. Vrain territory for another a disappearing autumn capture, this time a bold tonal statement. This is nothing but a snap of a fledgling aspen set off by shadowed granite. The stone is colonized by many species of lichens. Count the varieties! What a world! They all seem to be getting along together; surely tweets can activate the Twittler's skinheads! Certainly, some ought to get imprisoned! I thought I'd send a gift card to DC for the Twittler for Christmas but there was nothing hanging under, "Grift Cards."

Can you imagine the original Rockies glaciation? This is a shot of chunks of granite broken and scattered about  by glaciation. Glaciation gave us everything in sight. Winter snows cover everything about and granite further cracks and falls apart on thawing, producing sand and eventually top soil, the most important garden crop, not Monsanto. 

I posted views of scenes up Apple Valley from Lyons, a particularly picturesque spot, some time ago and added recent shots looking up over the Olde South St. Vrain Road and abandoned quarry wreck dumped onto the county. That got me off on this tangent for a spell. The sun's working hard to sneak it's way onto this scene. Was Ceran St. Vrain, himself, ever here?

Pictures are everywhere at this spot. I threw this series in just as an example. I returned and found more of my favorite autumn shots at the vertical end to the Colorado plains. It's clear that random life can always manage a foothold on these cliffs. These are the finger prints of Colorado-tough, rough and tumble plant life. Here, I am once again adding to my massive stash of captures to edit. At least this is a smattering of green and I snapped away. Next?

Taken on: September 29, 2004

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Camera: Nikon D70, f/16.0, 1/60 sec, 50mm (=75mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D70
Lens:	18.0-70.0 mm f/3.5-4.5
Aperture:	f/16.0
Exposure Time:	0.017 sec (1/60)
Focal Length:	50mm (35mm equivalent: 75mm)
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows
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