Making New Friends

23Nov15

I made some new friends at Colorado National Monument last week… Desert Bighorn Sheep friends, that is! It was a cloudy day and I was hoping it would stay that way. Canyons are difficult to photograph because of their extreme contrast so I wanted diffused light. Upon arrival I was greeted by some bighorn ewes […]

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Tags: bighorn, Colorado, colorado national monument, desert bighorn sheep, fruita, grand junction, photograph, ram, sheep, wildlife

Mountain Magnetism

13Nov15

Here are a group of images featuring the West Elk Mountains as seen from the Black Canyon National Park. I went to check out the canyon (about an hour and twenty minutes away) one day last week and once there was quite drawn to the mountains in the distance. I stopped at several different lookouts […]

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Tags: Colorado, landscape, leading line, mountains, photography, road, snow, West Elk Mountains

Mining Town Remains

05Nov15

After going to a waterfall near Telluride one day not too long ago, we decided to explore another road I had been curious about. Up and around on a narrow dirt road we climbed, one switch-back after another. I avoided looking down at the cliff right below my passenger door and at the same time […]

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Tags: abandoned, Colorado, decay, deserted, ghost town, mining, mountains, old, photography, print