Wildlife, landscape and weather photography
A new day has dawned, filled with opportunity and light. Get outside and seize it! I captured this image a few weeks ago as I ventured out in search of worthy photo subjects.
The sunrise was stunning that morning, as they oftentimes are here in Colorado, and while I took some pictures, I also made sure to put the camera down and just soak it all in. Do that for yourself today. Just slow down and take the scene in front of you in. You won’t regret it.
As my daughter and I headed home after an evening watching owls, I looked in the rear view to see a beautiful scene unfolding. We quickly pulled over at a local open space park and ran to get ourselves into position to capture the show.
The orange sunset colored the waters of the pond and above, dramatic clouds topped things off. In between the sun just dropping below those gorgeous, snow-capped Rocky Mountains. Definitely a great way to end the day!
It doesn’t get a lot better than this. An unseasonably warm spring day and enjoying the early morning with a walk with Mother Nature. She put on a nice little show for me with beautiful colors that were accented by reflections on a quiet pond in Adams County, Colorado. I hope you enjoyed the view where you were at!
A very cool scene that unfolded last weekend. Low clouds were above and threatening to rain. On the horizon, clouds hung low beyond the foothills of the Colorado Front Range. In between, a thin band of blue sky that was punctuated by the setting moon. Even on a cruddy weather day, we get some pretty cool scenes here in Colorado.
A bit chilly with temps below freezing so I was anxious for that sun to come up! While I waited, I took in a pretty scene at a local pond in Adams County, Colorado.
The bison were kind enough to set themselves up in a good spot to capture this shot that encapsulates one of the reasons I love this great state.
Colorado’s sheer variety of terrain provides for some stunning views from the quiet and remoteness of the plains in the east to the imposing mountains to the west. The latter half of winter was cold and snowy here as can be seen in this image.
The remnants of a blizzard and its snow dot the foreground while the mountains are covered in copious amounts of the white stuff. I love this place!
Even when our sunrises appear to be boring, they can render some pretty cool scenes.
When I headed out the door in the pre-dawn hours this past Sunday, I noted that there weren’t any clouds. That typically means sunrise won’t amount to much.
That was somewhat true in that there weren’t any clouds in the sky to light ablaze but, as the sun approached the horizon, the amber colors lit things up close to the ground. In the distance, a stand of bare trees with deer grazing underneath made for a pretty nice scene.
Jumping back to this series of images from October. My photo day had been going very poorly with nary a click of the shutter. I was about to give up and head for home when I came across this balloon flying across the Front Range.
A recent snow had capped the Rocky Mountains in white and it was an extraordinarily clear day. I spent more than an hour racing after the balloon grabbing dozens of images of it. Here, it had gained some altitude and below and slightly to the left, the monstrous 13,911 foot high Mount Meeker stood tall and proud.
Many folks think it is Longs Peak that they see from the Denver area and look toward Rocky Mountain National Park but, in fact, Meeker stands in front of Longs when viewed from the east.
The results of the nasty cold we have seen in recent weeks are seen by the ice on the surface of this lake. Normally, by the third week of February, there would be a lot of open water here. This year, not so much.
One, small area was about the only spot that wasn’t iced over. Nevertheless, it made for a beautiful scene this morning and as always, I loved it out there. Those “flat lands” aren’t boring at all to me.
I have memories of the park from when I was five years old up to two years ago when this image of the Lower Yellowstone Falls was taken.
Naturalist John Muir said, “In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” That is especially true of this place.
