Colorado fall is a photographer's dream. The combination of golden aspen groves, dramatic mountain peaks, stable weather, and lower sun angles creates ideal conditions for landscape photography. Professionals book accommodations a year in advance to capture peak color.
The light is different in fall. The sun sits lower in the sky, creating warm golden tones even at midday. Morning and evening golden hours stretch longer. The air is often crystal clear, allowing sharp focus on distant peaks. Afternoon thunderstorms that plague summer shoots disappear.
Iconic Colorado images - Maroon Bells with golden aspens, Dallas Divide at sunrise, Crystal Mill in its canyon - are almost always captured in fall. If you're serious about landscape photography, late September should be blocked on your calendar.