One day we went up on Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. The road climbs 7,000’ onto the tops of the mountains, and winds along the mountain tops at 12,000'. It gets closed for winter when the weather turns bad. The first day, after coming out of the high desert, we took the road up there - surprised it was even still open, considering it was obviously snowing up there. But I had hoped for some doll photos, so up we went....
The sun would come out between mini blizzards....
....but the skies looked very threatening to the west.....
Jan was still in shorts and sandals and didn’t want to get out of the vehicle. It was freezing cold with on-and-off blizzard conditions. He figured we could come up again the next day to take doll photos. Wrong! Too much snow fell overnight, so they closed the road for the season.
So I had to make do with something at the lower elevations. The park picnic area had some great settings for doll stories, but when we first arrived it was too late in the day and the lighting was too low. Next morning it was raining, but then the sun came out for a short while, but then the picnic area was all mottled sunshine, which is terrible for pictures. Plus the place was soaking wet.
There was a rocky outcrop on a pull-off overlooking the valley, with mountains in the background, which I thought would make a great setting. I was all set up for some pictures, when a blizzard moved in - ice pellets and wet snow, in a driving wind. I quickly snapped two photos, then had to clean up, since the wet snow kept messing up my lens. The weather continued to get worse, so I gave up and we left. That shot turned out to be the only doll picture I got in Rocky Mountain National Park, but it’s probably my favourite of the whole trip...
....Holly all bundled up against the impending storm. Holding her teddy tight, she looks tired and totally fed up with the expedition, and the conditions, and Winston isn't sure they should go on....
So I had to make do with something at the lower elevations. The park picnic area had some great settings for doll stories, but when we first arrived it was too late in the day and the lighting was too low. Next morning it was raining, but then the sun came out for a short while, but then the picnic area was all mottled sunshine, which is terrible for pictures. Plus the place was soaking wet.
There was a rocky outcrop on a pull-off overlooking the valley, with mountains in the background, which I thought would make a great setting. I was all set up for some pictures, when a blizzard moved in - ice pellets and wet snow, in a driving wind. I quickly snapped two photos, then had to clean up, since the wet snow kept messing up my lens. The weather continued to get worse, so I gave up and we left. That shot turned out to be the only doll picture I got in Rocky Mountain National Park, but it’s probably my favourite of the whole trip...
....Holly all bundled up against the impending storm. Holding her teddy tight, she looks tired and totally fed up with the expedition, and the conditions, and Winston isn't sure they should go on....
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