Taking the Perfect Fall Foliage Photo

The opportunities for shooting awesome fall leaf shots depends on knowing where and when to go. The Colorado Springs Gazette offers these pointers from professional photographers. Under the headline, "A Snapshot of Autumn," Gazette Reporter Scott Rappold writes:

"It's Colorado at its most photogenic, the favorite time of year for many photographers.

"But knowing when and where to go is as much an art as actually shooting the scenes that can be found in so many posters and calendars.

"'The beauty of the aspens in the fall, and really almost any time of the year, when you see that aspen, that really represents what Colorado is,' said Dennis Woods, a Colorado Springs landscape photographer. 'It's a combination of the white and the gray in the trunk of the tree and the yellow when it changes. It's like nothing else you see in the United States. The color is just so vibrant.'

"The Gazette interviewed five professional photographers, who shared their favorite places and techniques for capturing this fleeting, dazzling time of year, when Colorado's famous aspens put on their show."

You can read the rest of the tips and pointers here.