Stopping the motion

Waterfalls shot, a wider view than the last one. With the sun behind the trees, and some clouds overhead I couldn't quite stop the motion of the falls, but overall I think this shot turned out well.

Alternative View

I'm running out of things to say about the beauty of Colorado, so I'll let the images speak for themselves.

Wild Wild Life

Lots of wildlife (no, not fratboys) casually sauntering around Colorado, including foxes, rabbits, sheep and deer.

This doe was untroubled by me getting really close, and as such, I got some great shots of her feeding.

Stripes

Not from a park or a monument, just caught driving from one place to another. Once again the colours make the image (plus the lone tree in the upper right)

Lost

This was the last shot I took on a Compact Flash card. I changed cards and continued to shoot in the area (including caputing a heavy oncoming storm) but somehow in the process of transferring the files from CF to DVD, I'd lost that set.

A bummer as I was looking forward to seeing them, but that's the way it goes sometimes.

I think the skull is from a fox, I saw quite a few foxes out that way, but I don't really know.

Not Pointy!

I don't recall where I took this, Colorado National Monument I think, but a nice landscape with great sky ties it together I think.

Pointy!

The sky really makes this image. After a while I'd gotten used to seeing rocks jutting from the landscape everywhere I went and trying to capture them in new or interesting ways was taxing. But when the clouds rolled in suddenly everything came together (cue Beatles music)

Up close and personal

Not taken with a true macro, but rather taken with a 17-35mm lens at the closest focual point. I liked how the background turned out.

Contrasts

What I loved about Colorado was the contrasts in nature, as seen here, massive mountains, miles of flat area, then massive mountains again. Coupled with dramatic skies, and you've got a pretty good picture.

Revisiting

Remember that lone tree thing I was just talking about? Yeah here's another stab at that, from the Colorado National Monument. Although it was freezing up there, the sky was perfect and the Pinon tree (such as this one pictured here) was most co-operative.

Thank you tree.