Cold Bank Pass and Engineer Mountain, CO

[dbhguru]

Robert,

   Mt Sneffels is one of the most picturesque of the fourteeners. Seen from the Dallas Divide, the Sneffels Range, as it is called, is very striking and resembles the Swiss Alps in the minds of some authors and photographers. I have lots of photos of Sneffels, but all in the summer. Autumn is the time to see the Sneffels Range.

Bob

[dbhguru]

Joe,

   Thanks. Out here the landscape just about photographs itself. The colors are varied and vivid. Nature paints in bold strokes. The land forms are spectacular and it is spacious - oh so spacious. I suppose I do pay a little more attention to composition these days, but the West does spoil.

   In the East, as you know, the colors are often green on green. There is less relief to the landscape and the humidity dulls skyscapes and distant horizons. There is plenty to photograph, but it takes more talent to make eastern landscapes appear alive, vibrant, and youthful because for the most part they aren't. I struggle to capture the features in MTSF and MSF. I usually have to limit the physical area I'm focusing on to micro-scenes. It does work, but I'm left with little room for expansion, i.e presting my lady and fellow Ents with another big tree trunk isn't exactly innovative.

   By contrast, the western scenes are expansive and very, very colorful. You have the micro expanding to the macro in an infinite variety of shapes, textures, and colors. In contrast, expansiveness in the East usually runs you into an obscure horizon or a neighbors backyard. Yes, there is a lot to deal with in places like New York's Adirondacks, our on the Maine coast, but it the breadth of photographic material plays out much sooner. I'm not complaining about eastern landscape possibilities, just being frank.

  When Monica and I return to Florence, MA, I'll get back into the routine. There's lots of work to be done, but when my thought turn inward and images begin popping into my head, they will most likely be of western expanses.

Bob

[Rand]

Robert,

   Mt Sneffels is one of the most picturesque of the fourteeners. Seen from the Dallas Divide, the Sneffels Range, as it is called, is very striking and resembles the Swiss Alps in the minds of some authors and photographers. I have lots of photos of Sneffels, but all in the summer. Autumn is the time to see the Sneffels Range.

Bob

Hey. I think I have some pictures of that:

               

                       

                                       

               

               

                       

                                       

               

               

                       

                                       

               

               

                       

                                       

               

Here are two of what I'm pretty sure are Mt Sneffles:

               

                       

                                       

               

               

                       

                                       

               

[dbhguru]

Rand,

  Yep, that's the Dallas Divide. Great place. That's Sneffels in the first image.

Bob

[Joe]

Rand,

  Yep, that's the Dallas Divide. Great place. That's Sneffels in the first image.

Bob

Bob, when you climb these mountains, do you go to the very "tippy top"? Just curious- I suppose many would be technical climbs.
Joe