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From the Summit of Pikes Peak | Elevation- 14,110 Feet During a recent trip to Colorado, I had the good fortune of taking in two sights that were on my “must visit (aka must photograph)” list. No, I don’t really have a list per say, but I do have a mental compilation of several places that I really, really want to travel to. During this trip I was able to put a virtual check mark beside the Garden of the Gods and the summit of Pikes Peak, both in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Now, aside from the Appalachian Mountains in Central Pennsylvania, I have never seen mountains. When I laid my eyes on the Rockies, complete with their snowy peaks I was in awe and absolutely could not put my camera down.  On the day of our trip up the slope of Pikes Peak via the Cog Railway, I scoffed at warnings of the thin air at the top. However, as I reached the summit a pretty harsh headache set in. I’m not sure if I’m ready to blame it on the altitude, but it may have been because of just that. I snapped a few frames while at the top, pushing my total for the short trip to near 2,000 photos. As we descended the mountain and almost immediately left for the airport, dreams of editing and processing the HDR images danced in my head. We arrived back in North Carolina in the wee-hours of the morning and I went straight to bed. This was the first image I edited when I awoke. Hope you enjoy! ©2011 Zach Frailey Please feel free to join my community at www.facebook.com/uprootedphotographer
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From the Summit of Pikes Peak | Elevation- 14,110 Feet

During a recent trip to Colorado, I had the good fortune of taking in two sights that were on my “must visit (aka must photograph)” list. No, I don’t really have a list per say, but I do have a mental compilation of several places that I really, really want to travel to. During this trip I was able to put a virtual check mark beside the Garden of the Gods and the summit of Pikes Peak, both in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Now, aside from the Appalachian Mountains in Central Pennsylvania, I have never seen mountains. When I laid my eyes on the Rockies, complete with their snowy peaks I was in awe and absolutely could not put my camera down. 

On the day of our trip up the slope of Pikes Peak via the Cog Railway, I scoffed at warnings of the thin air at the top. However, as I reached the summit a pretty harsh headache set in. I’m not sure if I’m ready to blame it on the altitude, but it may have been because of just that. I snapped a few frames while at the top, pushing my total for the short trip to near 2,000 photos. As we descended the mountain and almost immediately left for the airport, dreams of editing and processing the HDR images danced in my head. We arrived back in North Carolina in the wee-hours of the morning and I went straight to bed. This was the first image I edited when I awoke. Hope you enjoy!

©2011 Zach Frailey

Please feel free to join my community at www.facebook.com/uprootedphotographer

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