Nymph Lake Rain, a photo from Colorado, West

Photographer's Note

Nymph Lake Rain:

Nymph Lake - Rocky Mountain National Park

Nymph Lake is one of a wonderful series of lakes one finds on the Bear Lake trail system. It is a small little gem only 0.5 miles from the trail head.

A sad (or wonderful depending on the day) truth about Rocky Mountain National Park is that in the Spring and Summer months one has roughly a 99.9999% chance of being caught out hiking in a thunderstorm if you are on the trails after the noon hour.

On this day Andrew and I had been another half mile up above on Dream Lake and had overstayed our welcome a bit ... and were hurrying back down to our car trying to keep ahead of the thunderstorm.

The mountain looming in the fog on the left is Longs Peak (elevation 14,259 ft - 4345 meters) the centerpiece of the park.

njmv79, Davidwh, evanrizo, jwmunro, danos has marked this note useful

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cuneyt-sb (6576) 2006-12-02 14:05

Hi Jonh,
Wonderful colors and very good POV.
Well done/Regards.
Cüneyt

njmv79 (611) 2006-12-02 14:08

Hello John,
very good details and PoV, the colors are great, well done,
TFS,
Nelson

Claudine (0) 2006-12-02 14:47

Hello John,
This is another beautiful scenery from you. I like this POV with great FOD that let us see the magnificent mountain in BG. I wish I can visit this place someday; seems so wild and peaceful. Thanks,
Claudine

pat0500 (21561) 2006-12-02 14:49

Hi John,
Very nice picture and good point of view, good perspective of the mountains. Beautiful colors of nature, a beautiful photograph of these Nymph on the lake. Thanks for the good note. good shot..!
Best regards,
Patrick

Davidwh (3662) 2006-12-02 15:07

Hi John,
I noticed you had also commented on Shelly's (AROBN54) image so decided to check you out.You have a very nice selection of landscape images from your hikes with your son...well done.This one is nicely composed and I like the use of the tree at left to give a sense of depth.It is a bit dim but from what you said it was a "wet day".Lovely shades of green....take care.
Regards, David

Buin (42580) 2006-12-02 15:46

Hallo John!
What a burnt sky! ;-)
You show here a really spectacular landscape in one of the possible weather conditions, which however involves a grey sky: rain! I like this atmosphere and the special colours in this special light. One can see a downpour up in the moutains in the background. Thank you for pressing the button - in spite of the weather!
Have a nice sunday!
Frank

gunbud (34066) 2006-12-02 16:47

Hi John,
Another beautiful spot along your rocky mt. paradise. The vibrant green and the storm shrouded clouds. I can feel the rain.
Regards, Tom

pippo (596) 2006-12-02 17:29

hi friend,
bellissima foto, good composition and orizinont line.
grazie
ciao
pippo

sothy81 (9646) 2006-12-02 18:42

Hi John, this looks great with water, trees, and the mountain. Look like a rule of three picture...I mean you have all necessary components in it. Also beautiful place. Sothy

Donald (136) 2006-12-02 19:52

Hi John, this is what we call a west coast kind of weather photo, nice rainy sky , good colours on all the greenery, great rain drops on the wee Lochan the Crock beside you! no I think its a log :) if that hils were not so tall it could be anywhere around here, well put together good comp POV DOF and TFS
Cheers Donald

evanrizo (462) 2006-12-03 5:17

Hi John.An other very beautyful place with this very interesting notice.
Takea look here. an other Nymph Lake

VeeJayCee (2410) 2006-12-03 9:56

Living in England and being an ardent fan of the wet English Lake District I can empathise but it is of course the wet weather that makes these places so verdant and beautiful (and insect infested!) This picture reminds me of the ELD though no doubt on a much grander scale. It shows both the beauty of nature in the foreground and its power in the descending background gloom.

jwmunro (286) 2006-12-03 10:25

Hello John -

Well done! My wife and hiked up to this lake several summers ago but we did it in the morning and it was not as photogenic. There are rewards for being out in less than favorable conditions but TStorms are not one of them. A nice composition with a nice exposure and acceptable DOF.

Thanks for sharing

John

MIG13 (0) 2006-12-04 7:23

Hi, John! I like the good composition you've done, in which sky, mountains, trees and lake produce a nice landscape. Good job, my friend! TFS! Greetings from sunny Rio! Miguel.

colinb (1592) 2006-12-07 19:47

This is a really lovely shot. The lily pads make for a nice interesting scene. Great capture.

carod (364) 2006-12-09 20:34

Hello John,

j'adore le vert de cette photo.. c'est superbe.

bye
Caroline

kodakbox (45) 2006-12-19 8:18

Hi John,
Thats a nice soothing landscape.Feel like boating in the lake!
Partha

dreams (2) 2007-01-04 13:26

HELLO and thank you John.
this lake resembles much has a lake close from, me.I will put the natural photograph on trek to soon show you very beautiful photograph very good continuation. soon André has

danos (110407) 2007-02-13 8:11

Hi john,
nice the colours of the Nymph Lake despite the fog that is found on her.I like this POV that you show here,it's a really marvellous landscape.Great rain drops on the surface of the lake give a sence of calmness.Well done.
Regards,Danos

knowdebu (964) 2007-02-23 7:29

hi John,
i don't know why i get a feeling of immense peace whenever i see your photos, may be because most of your pictures are not disturbed by the human beings..and may be its only nature with her eternal beauty.
debabrata

Benedict (7076) 2007-03-05 22:23

all these trees "planted" in alignment sooths the eye very well. the waterlilies added the charm- wish they were in bloom, too!
benedict

pablominto (53746) 2007-06-25 4:56

Hello John,
This proves the weather doesn't nessecarily have to be good as the atmosphere here is very attractive for photography!
The fresh green colours are attractive, and can be found even in the lake...
Well composed presentation!
Greetings,
Pablo -

Photo Information

Copyright: John McLaird (jmcl) (14535)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-08-28
Categories: Nature
Camera: Vivitar ViviCam 3746
Exposure: f/5.0, 1/60 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Lakes, Mountains, Rocky Mountain National Park, Forests, Greens of Spring and Summer [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-12-02 13:55
Favorites: 1 [view]