one of our favorite places to visit, Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs. The contrast in colors is amazing to see in person, visit if you are in the area if you get a chance and the park is free to tour.

[eaglem]

If I can get over that way I certainly will, magnificent scenery.

[GeoJerry]

Another place to put on the bucket list! Pretty dramatic!

[fgaudet]

And if I may add, be there at sunrise, it brings out the colours even more.

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[CreationBear]

You know, the FA43 doesn't seem to get as much love as its shorter sibling for landscapes (or even the DA 40 Limited) but I've been closely monitoring the sets you've been posting from out West...not bad for a "portrait lens"! (Remembering of course, as Kerrowdown mentions in another thread, that "it's not the arrow, it's the Indian.")

[TonyTurley]

Absolutely gorgeous, Bob. Lucky you.

[Bob Harris]

If I can get over that way I certainly will, magnificent scenery.

make sure and bring the Beast, lots of great mountain roads for touring in the area EM.

---------- Post added 07-26-14 at 11:51 AM ----------

Another place to put on the bucket list! Pretty dramatic!

Lots to do in the Colorado Springs area, just go up Hwy. 24 into the Rocky Mountains, wonderful drive with lots of old West towns.

---------- Post added 07-26-14 at 11:53 AM ----------

And if I may add, be there at sunrise, it brings out the colours even more.

I googled the term "sunrise" and that seems to be in the early morning. I'll have to try one of them someday.

[fgaudet]

I googled the term "sunrise" and that seems to be in the early morning.

Or, if it suits your lifestyle better, sunsets aren't bad at all either

[Bob Harris]

You know, the FA43 doesn't seem to get as much love as its shorter sibling for landscapes (or even the DA 40 Limited) but I've been closely monitoring the sets you've been posting from out West...not bad for a "portrait lens"! (Remembering of course, as Kerrowdown mentions in another thread, that "it's not the arrow, it's the Indian.")

I shot the photo with the K5 using the 43mm and meant to switch it to the K3 for comparison but of course I forgot to do so. The 43mm is my favorite lens and I have used it in all situations and it always preforms. I ran the photos through Neat Imaging and it seems the exif data erased for some reason. Here is another photo at the park using the 43mm with an ND 8 filter @ f/2.0, I was playing with settings, if I remember correctly.

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Absolutely gorgeous, Bob. Lucky you.

thanks Tony, the green landscapes against the red rocks makes for some great contrast photos.

[CreationBear]

Here is another photo at the park using the 43mm with an ND 8 filter

Thanks for elaborating...I seem to remember someone on the board (Nesster, I believe) extoling the 43's rendering of stone surfaces--I'm a believer.
(BTW, the ND route was certainly an interesting rabbit to pull out of your hat...the 3-D effect is so pronounced I would have ordinarily thought you were using a T/S lens to create that "diorama" look.)

[Cee Cee]

nice indeed, those colours are intense, looks like a wonderful area, TFS.
cheers

[Bob Harris]

Or, if it suits your lifestyle better, sunsets aren't bad at all either

I did too many sunrises when I worked so now that I'm retired, the sunset mode works very well for me.

---------- Post added 07-26-14 at 08:42 PM ----------

Thanks for elaborating...I seem to remember someone on the board (Nesster, I believe) extoling the 43's rendering of stone surfaces--I'm a believer.
(BTW, the ND route was certainly an interesting rabbit to pull out of your hat...the 3-D effect is so pronounced I would have ordinarily thought you were using a T/S lens to create that "diorama" look.)

I like to play around with different lens and filter combinations and it seems with the 43 I get more of an effect, especially on wide open landscapes for some reason.

---------- Post added 07-26-14 at 08:44 PM ----------

nice indeed, those colours are intense, looks like a wonderful area, TFS.
cheers

It really is a wonderful area to visit and photograph CC. I was going to say you couldn't take a bad photo here but when I uploaded the more than 200 photos, some were a mess due to my experimenting with settings and combinations of lenses. Thankfully digital is very cheap.

[daacon]

Wow that's a cornucopia of colors indeed well spotted Bob hope to get there one day.

[Kerrowdown]

Wow that's natures artist palette just gone wild, great shot.

[old4570]

Seriously nice photos - Would be a terrific place to visit from the looks of things