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Colorado photographer and former Montana resident REBECCA STUMPF was hiking in the Bitterroot Mountains during a drizzly, overcast day in October when a flash of color caught her eye. âAlmost all the leaves were down at that point, but there was a small bunch of leaves still in fall colors and even containing some green,â she says. âIt was one of those days with flat, gray light, and so the colors really popped from a distance.â Stumpf says she used a narrow depth of field to keep the center leaves in focus while blurring those in the back and front to highlight their bright colors. âI didnât want to draw attention to any one leaf but instead tried to show the grouping as Iâd seen it while walking past on the trail,â she says. â
6 SEPTEMBERâOCTOBER 2013 FWP.MT.GOV/MTOUTDOORS
