Wildlife, landscape and weather photography
A break from pics of my visit to the 49th state to an image from the 38th taken this past weekend.
My photo outing Saturday wasn’t as productive as I would have liked but I did find a few worthy subjects. Most notable were the first signs of blooming sunflower fields.
Only a small portion of them have opened with prime time probably still a week or two away. The ones that were open did make a few, nice compositions like this one.
Taken two weeks ago on Saturday, it was a typically gorgeous morning on the Great Plains. The sunrise didn’t fill the sky like they oftentimes do but close to the horizon, it was a beautiful scene. Crepuscular rays were shooting out of the rising sun and illuminating the patches of blue above. Not much to complain about!
Sometimes the simplest of scenes can be quite beautiful. As the sun was cresting the horizon a warm summer’s day recently, this buck lazily ate his way across the plains. While I certainly snapped some pics, I made sure to set the camera down and take the time to just soak in what my eyes were seeing.
My first trip to the top of Mount Evans yesterday and it started off with this gorgeous scene before me. Nothing to complain about for sure. Well, other than the 35 degree temperature and 40mph winds. 😉
That is of course expected at that altitude and while I was prepared for the conditions, it was a bit of a shock to the system after getting used to much milder weather at lower elevations.
No better way to start the day than taking in a scene like this. I love this place!
I often employ the “trick” of using a small aperture on my lens to create a ‘starburst’ effect. On this morning, I got more bang for my buck with two of them – one in the sky above the horizon from the sun and one on the water of the lake from the sun’s reflection. Kind of fun.
Taken at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge near #Denver, Colorado on May 27th.
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.
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 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.
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.
