Fruita, Colorado (A Sunrise Essay)

This sunrise wasn’t quite a “ten” yesterday, but it still offered up a few nice compositional possibilities thanks to the unusual cloud activity.

Location? Bureau of Land Management’s North Fruita Desert, just a few miles north of Fruita, Colorado. (This is one of those minor mountain biking meccas, if that is your thing.)

I used all of my lenses as the sun came up–the 14-24, the 24-70, and the 70-200, but I seem to always have a special affinity for the latter, even with landscapes–I like how the views are compressed at 200mm.

All but two of the following photographs were made with that longer lens.

Fruita Sunrise, #1. Near Fruita, Colorado, 2016

Sunrise on the La Sal Mountains. Near Fruita, Colorado, 2016

Fruita Sunrise, #3. Near Fruita, Colorado, 2016

Fruita Sunrise, #4. Near Fruita, Colorado, 2016

Fruita Sunrise, #5. Near Fruita, Colorado, 2016

Fruita Sunrise, #6. Near Fruita, Colorado, 2016

Fruita Sunrise, #7. Near Fruita, Colorado, 2016

Fruita Sunrise, #9. Near Fruita, Colorado, 2016