Mother Nature Can Be Such A Tease
For a good sunrise shot at Dream Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, a lot of things have to go right. Calm winds and clear skies are just a couple of keys… On this morning, the winds were howling, but that didn’t matter because when I got to the lake before sunrise, I could see it had just frozen over. Hmmm… I thought the only thing worse than a frozen lake is a frozen lake with thin ice.
So having changed my game plan, I made the best of it and explored the south side of the lake. I wasn’t happy with any of the foregrounds I saw but when the sun first hit Flattop Mountain (on the right), I knew I was in for something special. This alpenglow was the brightest I’d ever seen. It was really bright red. I grew excited and clicked this shot knowing the best was yet to come. The light crept down to the very top of Hallet’s Peak (on the left) and then… and then… it quickly disappeared! In no time at all, it was gone. Grrrrr!!
After all, this is the reason I got up so early and hiked in the dark. Mother Nature can be such a tease!
So with the light having hidden behind a cloud, I packed up my gear and headed back toward the other side of the lake. The light did reappear some 15 minutes later but I unfortunately missed the best of the alpenglow. Just another case where the good shots take multiple trips – nothing out of the ordinary for me I guess.
I did get the icy glowing shot that follows, but I can already tell. I’ll be going back.
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