The color in Christmas Valley (stop 1 on the map) are really nice now. The color will be good all weekend and well into next week. This photo was made on October 27, 2010 with a Canon 24-105mm zoom lens set at 40mm on a Canon 5D MkII full frame sensor camera. The exposure was 1/180 sec. at f-9.5 using ISO 800 and a polarizing filter. For information on exposure, lighting, filters and composition, please check our Tips and Techniques section.