Scott Holcomb's photos with the keyword: San Juan National Forest

From the Million Dollar Highway (U.S.550) just below Red Mountain Pass (11,018 ft/3,358 m) is an impressive view of Chicago Peak which is within the San Juan National Forest just northeast of Telluride. The road ahead passes through an old silver mining region and the remains of the Idarado Mine before plunging precipitously down the Uncompahgre Gorge towards Ouray. This photo was taken by a Hasselblad 500C medium format film camera with a Carl Zeiss Distagon 1:4 f=50mm T* lens and B+W 67E KR15 2.3x filter using Rollei RPX 25 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.

Engineer Mountain (a.k.a. Ice Cream Cone Mt. by many children) is a beautiful landmark when driving up to the summit of Coal Bank Pass on U.S. Highway 550 north of Durango, Colorado. This photo was taken by an Asahi Pentax 6 X 7 medium format film camera and Super-Mult-Coated Takumar/6X7 1:4.5/75 lens with a Zenza Bronica 82mm L 1A filter using Kodak Portra 800 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.

Visitors from lower altitudes flock here during that brief Autumn period when the aspen forests transform the landscape into vivid hues of yellows and oranges. This photo was taken by an Asahi Pentax 6 X 7 medium format film camera and SMC PENTAX 67 1:4 45mm lens with a Zenza Bronica 82mm L 1A filter using Kodak Portra 800 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.