Looking Up, Telluride Size:48x84 But with sunrises and sunsets

But with sunrises and sunsets

Foreground vegetation anchors the frame while the basin below holds shadow

many hours of night imaging and time-lapse work

perched on a narrow ledge overlooking the river far below

shaping limestone banks and nourishing some of the largest bald cypress trees in the state

Looking Up, Telluride Size:48x84 But with sunrises and sunsetsTelluride, Colorado This photograph was made in Telluride during autumn, looking straight up into an aspen grove. The original plan for the trip was to photograph fall color paired with fresh mountain snow, the combination Telluride is known for. That snow never came. Rather than chase scenes that werent going to materialize, I shifted direction. I leaned into abstraction and proximity, letting the forest itself become the subject. Using an ultra wide