Vernal Views
Following are some random landscapes shot this May & June. These didn’t fit into other planned posts using spring images so I put them together below. Since summer is here, I thought I really ought to post them! I was eager to get out this year and have been enjoying the warm weather, nature and the landscape. I love to explore and when something catches my eye I’ll stop to check out possible compositions. Sometimes a stop is just for scouting purposes. If the light or sky aren’t nice I’ll study the location and add it to my ‘places to go back to’ list. Being out there, immersed in the landscape, capturing what calls to me and then processing my vision is what it’s all about for me.

‘Watering Hole Reflection’ © Denise Bush
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‘Spring Passage’ © Denise Bush

‘Mountain View & Spring Willows’ © Denise Bush

‘Little Ponderosa In Morning’ © Denise Bush
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‘Mountains Beyond’ © Denise Bush

‘Green Beginnings’ © Denise Bush

‘Blue Sky Reflection’ © Denise Bush

‘Through Backlit Aspens’ © Denise Bush
Filed under: Colorado, Landscape Photography, Uncategorized | 37 Comments
Tags: aspen trees, landscape, mountains, photography, prints, spring
All your shots are excellent as usual, Denise. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for visiting Bruce! I’ll head over to your blog soon. Spring went by so fast!
I love your gorgeous photographs, Denise.
Thanks so much Isabel … 😊!
Love the watering hole reflection!
Hi Julie! Thanks … I was especially happy with that one.
The watering hole was a good eye-grabber with which to lead off. The clouds make for a welcome echo of the mountains in your little ponderosa picture.
Thanks Steve! I shot that the morning after zoom judging for my former camera club. There theme for color was reflections. I guess reflections were on my mind.
Lovely pictures! These are very nice transitions into Summer season!
Thanks Yellow Cable! Our spring gets off to a slow start and then it was over so fast!
Such gorgeous landscapes, Denise. They gives such a wonderful feeling of solitude and peace, away from the human world.
I enjoyed reading about your process, too!
Yes … I don’t interact with the human world very often when I go out! Thanks Eliza!
Each beautiful as always, Denise ❤️
Thank you … glad you like!
Beautiful series! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for stopping by! 😊
Love them all, Denise. I am pretty much taken by all your shots of the Colorado mountains and landscapes. As much as I love New England I also love those wide open spaces. Guess I should travel more. “Green Beginnings” is my favorite of the eight. Is ‘Little Ponderosa In Morning” and ‘Mountains Beyond” the same scene but different from perspectives?
I should follow your lead and write down the locations to return at other times and conditions. I rely on my memory and you know how that works. 🙂
Thanks Steve. As someone who did a lot of workshops early in my photo journey and traveled for photography too, I think it can be difficult. I’ve had so many experiences when the conditions didn’t cooperate in the short time I was there. It takes a lot of planning to know where to go when and there’s expense too … gas, hotel, eating out etc. … and more if you pay for a workshop or guide. Some of the best photogs I know (including you) specialize and are known for their area. Still it’s fun to travel so if you ever decide to come this way, let me know!
Yes those two shots are the same tree. I’ve photographed it a few different times and ways. I use index cards to write down places in general areas. Then if I’m going in a particular direction I can look and recall what possibilities are there.
What traveling I do is mostly to Acadia N.P. in Maine. We have had trips where it rained every day, windy, and terrible conditions only to see the sun shine as we packed to leave. Fortunately we love the park enough to enjoy ourselves without much evidence to show for it. 🙂 Mostly though the park delivers. If I do travel to Colorado you can be sure I’ll touch base with you. Same if you decide to check out the northeast.
So you know what I mean then! Living in Southern New Jersey for most of my life I was able to make it all over the east coast. From the Charleston area and The Smokies to The White Mountains and Acadia, with Cape Cod and the Eastern Shore in between. The first time I went to Acadia was on a workshop and the second time I went by myself … both trips were in the fall. Love Acadia!
I love it too. I’ve visited through three seasons but never winter. I hope to at some point. Our ashes along with our dogs’ will be mixed and spread on Cadillac Mountain at some point…but not for a little while.
Lovin’ the 2 shots with the Ponderosa pine!
Hi Rich … thanks! I love that little ponderosa pine and have photographed it a few times during my six years here. I’m always drawn to it when I am in that location.
Snow covered mountains in the background are so beautiful to behold, especially when the foreground is green and clear
Thank you! That only happens in the spring. Now (July 3) the mountains don’t have much snow on them. And, it doesn’t take long for the green meadows to dry out in summer and turn brown and gold.
Beautiful landscape photos, Denise! So much to appreciate in each.
Thanks very much … I appreciate you taking time to look and comment! 🙂
I share your feelings on being immersed in the landscape and capturing what calls to you. These photographs are so beautifully composed with delicacy and calm. Thank you for sharing them with us 🙂
Thank you very much for that nice comment … makes me happy! 🙂
All great images, Denise, but my favorite is Watering Hole Reflection because of its simplicity, composition, subject matter and coloring. Great work.
Thanks so much Ken … my favorite too! You know the feeling … when you are more excited than usual about a shot! 🙂
I like the textures in “Green Beginnings”.
Thanks Ruth … I like your painter’s opinion!
You do have the eye!! Awesome captures…all of them!
Thanks so much Kirt … I’m glad you like them. I get a lot of duds too but I don’t show or save them!
I love the reflection images and the little Ponderosa ones. That image of the willows leading me through the scene to the mountain is beautiful!
Thanks so much Deborah … I like reading what you like and notice! 🙂