Aspens in Velvet

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“Aspens in Velvet”

The snow that accumulated on the Aspen trees reminded me of the velvet on deer antlers.

Photographed on January 12, 2013 at the Steamboat Springs Ski Resort using a Nikon S9100 at f8.8. Post-shoot processing in Adobe Lightroom.

Copyright 2013 – Tom Branch

Standing Watch

Standing Watch

Aspens in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains north of Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Standing Watch - Copyrigh 2012 Tom Branch

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Photograph taken on January 3, 2012 at 1:54 PM with an 18mm lens. The only post-shoot processing was a little sharpening and conversion to black and white.

Tom Branch, Broker, CDPE, SFR

Photo Copyright 2012 – Tom Branch