Refreshing View
Sep 21st, 2009 by jeremy
This weekend I had a wonderful overnight trip that included driving through the Alpine Loop in the mountains near where we live. We stopped off the side of the road to admire the colors starting to turn in this beautiful landscape.
I’ve always enjoyed living near mountains and majestic scenery that both inspires and refreshes me whenever I needed it. My wife calls it taking a “mental health break†when I take off for a drive or simply walk around with my camera in hand. I think that says it well.
It seems my friend Don Osmond was experiencing a similar mental health refreshment in recent weeks as he talks about in his Mormon Times blog post.
Of course throughout my trip this weekend I took many photos, I’ll try to share a few on my Flickr account over the next bit. I did take a panoramic shot of this same scene shown above. You can click the photo below to get the full resolution version if you’d like to use or print it (free for personal use):
This panoramic is 5 photos taken portrait orientation, stitched together using Autopano. The advantage of stitching 5-21 megapixel images together is this photo can be printed at a high quality resolution up to 7 feet wide. Enjoy!
The entire Alpine Loop area is gorgeous right now. I hiked up to Stewart Falls this last weekend: simply stunning!
Thank you for sharing those beautiful photos!
and the link to Don’s article. We live in Colorado and I am often caught off guard but in a good way— by some of the stunning scenery we are fortunate enough to see every day. It certainly puts things in perspective.