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Standing Tall

Standing Tall

An early morning stroll through the forest near Crested Butte, Colorado revealed golden aspen leaves a-blaze below a majestic Colorado blue sky. Of course, Inst...
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An early morning stroll through the forest near Crested Butte, Colorado revealed golden aspen leaves a-blaze below a majestic Colorado blue sky. Of course, Instagram required me to crop this a bit to fit the format - the actual photo is a bit taller and shows off more of the great color at the top of the tree.
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SONY ILCE-7RM2

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Aperture f/18 ISO 100 Shutter 1/30 Focal Length 210/10

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Crested Butte, Colorado, US

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Nov, 2018

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