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Aspen leaves alongside the road to Rocky Mountain National Park near Boulder

One of the many beautiful sights in Colorado were the Aspen trees, especially their leaves. We were on a drive up to Rocky Mountain National Park with Cathleen’s cousin Bob and we stopped at a look out. While the scene of the valley below surrounded by mountains was beautiful, I was fascinated by the Aspen trees and their leaves being illuminated by the sunlight. This image in color is pretty but I felt that, in black and white with a slight sepia tone, it accentuated the architecture of the leaves rather than their color. I do, however, look forward to returning some year in the fall to spend time photographing the Aspens changing color as they are amazingly beautiful when they do.

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This photo was taken with a Canon EOS 6D, EF24-105mm f/4L IS lens, 1/1000 sec at f/4.5, ISO 125 captured on a Lexar 400x SDXC UHS-1 memory card.