Autumn in the Garden

Quite a day today… Made the big circle to Eleven Mile Canyon, all the way to Garden of the Gods, Mike’s Camera to drop off a roll of film and then back home! Saw raptors, deer, fall colors… and even made a stop at REI, my happy place 🙂 Snagged a good deal on a 5 degree sleeping bag while I was there… now I’m almost ready for a winter trip to the Sand Wash Basin to see the wild horses!

I was hoping to see some bald eagles in the canyon, but the only life I saw there were a few American dippers, a couple of bunnys and a little herd of doe mule deer wandering around. Fortunately I was also prepared to shoot some fall colors as the canyon was spectacular this morning, with a bit of fog to accentuate the scene 🙂 I also brought my Canon A-1 film camera along to finish off my roll of color film for drop off later in day. We’ll  get to see those in a couple weeks.

By the time I made it to Colorado Springs I was glad I had all my polarizers along, they came in handy on every lens I had with me! There is nothing better than a polarizer to bring out those fall colors and tamp down the haze and bright highlights. Unfortunately autumn in the Garden is following the pattern that we are experiencing up here in the high country, many leaves already down but some still green. And there isn’t one smidgen of snow on the east face of Pikes Peak, so it is just a giant fairly uninteresting brown rock in the background.

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