Taken early yesterday morning in Longmont, Colorado as the sun was rising. Looking to the west, Longs Peak was starting to be bathed in filtered sunlight while fog hovered close to the ground at lower altitudes.
Wild light: Iridescent clouds add rainbow colors to orange sunset
This image, ‘wild light’, was taken at sunset near Loveland, Colorado. As always the colors were absolutely stunning as the sun went down behind the Rocky Mountains.
What is equally cool is the clouds – notice their iridescence.
Cloud iridescence is caused by clouds (usually cirrus clouds like these) that have small water droplets or ice crystals in them causing the light to be diffracted, or spread out. The phenomena is much like the rainbow colors seen with oil in water.
Lenticular over Longs
Taken this past Saturday in Rocky Mountain National Park from a spot on Trail Ridge Road. The monstrous lenticular cloud was hovering over 14,259′ tall Longs Peak. The mountain is one of 54 “14ers” in Colorado and was first ascended in 1868 by John Wesley Powell.
Cell phone image: Colorado clouds at sunset
I rarely use my cell phone to take pictures and virtually never do when it comes to capturing something as gorgeous as Colorado sunsets. This time though I made an exception and decided it was a good opportunity to play with a new cell phone and an app.
The sunset was beautiful on this evening as is often the case. As the sun descended on the horizon, the clouds to the south took on a gorgeous orange color. I snapped a picture using my Galaxy S4 and then applied a ‘fake’ HDR effect using an app called Snapseed.
The effect was a relatively passable HDR-like image that looks pretty cool.
Canada goose silhouetted at sunset
Photo opportunities just present themselves and the subjects oftentimes aren’t what you are looking for. Such was the case with this image.
I was at Metzger Farm in Broomfield, Colorado take pictures of a blue heron rookery. Unfortunately the images of the herons I took were underwhelming but sunset provided other opportunities.
While taking pictures of the gorgeous sunset to the west, this Canada goose came swimming across the rippled surface of a pond. It was perfectly backlit and the water was reflecting the orange sky above.
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Reflections of Longs Peak
The mountain is very imposing on the northern Colorado Front Range. This morning with some low clouds it looked somewhat ominous as its reflection was cast on a pond in Longmont.
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Sunset on the farm
Unseasonably warm temperatures on this early spring evening made for a prime opportunity to get out and take some pictures. I actually came to this location to get images of great blue heron’s nearby but got there a bit late and the lighting was horrible. Instead I turned my gaze to the west. This taken at Metzger Farm in Westminster, Colorado.
Rocky Mountain sunset of orange and blue
A gorgeous Rocky Mountain sunset. It isn’t too often I go take pictures in the evening (family comes first) but tonight I was able to and I was rewarded. Mother Nature put on a gorgeous show with a fiery sunset, beautiful clouds and the Colorado blue skies.
A gorgeous Sunday sunrise
Out and about this morning looking for Great Horned Owls my focus was for a time on the east as the sun rose. Beautiful sunrises and sunsets are a near daily occurrence in Colorado and this one was no different.
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Boulder, Colorado farm photo trip
Visiting an old farm in Boulder, Colorado today for photos but actually I wasn’t to be the photographer. Instead, the family was having their pictures taken. Nevertheless, I had to bring my camera and snap a few shots.
Old farms remind me very much of my grandparents’ farm and I love taking pictures of them. The gnarled textures and bright but worn colors make great subjects. As a bonus there were some nice looking lenticular clouds on the way back.
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