The Story Behind This Shot

The rock towers known as the Castles standing above a sea of gold and orange aspen from the overlook on Ohio Pass near Crested Butte, Colorado, with the sunrise sky streaked in coral and violet. A bracketed exposure holds the glowing clouds and the shadowed ridge in the same frame. This is one of the best fall viewpoints in the Gunnison Valley, and it is quiet at dawn. A wide, richly colored fall landscape print with real depth from foreground to horizon.