The Story Behind This Shot

Longs Peak and Mount Meeker holding their snow on the horizon while the cottonwoods along the ponds at St. Vrain State Park glow bare and gold in the first light. The water sits dead flat and doubles the whole line of the Front Range. Most people know this spot as a quick stop off I-25 and never see it at this hour. A wide, warm Colorado sunrise print that puts the state's most recognizable peak at the end of a very quiet foreground.