Photo Of The Day By Gene Putney

Photo By Gene Putney

Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Aspen & Pine Trees” by Gene Putney. Location: Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.

“In early October, the park had its first snowfall of the season with about 6 inches of snow,” says Putney. “On this day, the aspen trees were about at their peak autumn colors and the pine trees were freshly coated with snow. It was the perfect combination for varied landscape photography opportunities.”

Nikon D500. Exposure: 1/60 sec., f/18, ISO 200.

Photo of the Day is chosen from various OP galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and the OP Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the OP website homepage, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. To get your photos in the running, all you have to do is submit them.

Originally Published November 2, 2020

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