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This was the furthest thing from a formal shoot! I was riding my bicycle one evening north of Boulder, Colorado, just past the Boulder Reservoir on a dirt road, and came upon the Eagle Trailhead. I was, as usual, carrying my a6000 stashed in the back pocket of my cycling jersey. Particularly in the fall, I love to range around the endless backroads along the Colorado Front Range near my hometown exploring for interesting evening photo ops.
As I ventured on my road bike down this flat, well-groomed trail that was completely new to me, I was excited when I came over a small rise to suddenly be perched above a spectacular hidden valley, with beautiful long evening shadows reaching out from the trees. Not only that, but there was also a small lake near the trail in the valley, where I spotted a horse and couple people chatting nearby. With the sun to soon drop behind the ridgeline, I quickly forgot all other thoughts of less interesting subjects and decended the steep section of trail to introduce myself to this wonderful woman, Marianne, the owner of Starbuck, who happens herself to be a professional portrait photographer. Much to my delight, she graciously agreed to pose with Starbuck for a few shots, while her friend and Spaniel waited nearby. Besides being a gorgeous horse, sweet Starbuck also shakes and hugs on command!
This shot is one of my favorites from this brief impromtu session. What splendid synchronicity! I hope you enjoy it!
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A round of strong afternoon thunderstorms moves east across Larimer County, Colorado, rewarding residents with a late evening rainbow for their troubles.
Townsend's Solitaire thinking about leaving our Garden of the Gods City Park and heading back up to the mountains
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Late summer sun sets over the Boulder County Parks and Open Space Dodd Reservoir property.
The view looking north near the crest of the Continental Divide shows the divide to be series of rugged ridges rather than a clean dividing line. These mountains were thrust up between 80 to 40 million years ago (Laramide orogeny) as a high plateau, then subject to erosion from wind and water. Glaciation occurred in several episodes, mostly ending 16,000 years ago with a small blip of an ice age from 1300-1850 (Little Ice Age). The glaciers of the southern Rockies were primarily located in the valleys, and these high peaks and ridges, most over 13,000’/ 4000 m, were not smoothed by ice. The billion year-old granites are relatively resistant to erosion, forming the jagged and serrated ridges.
The nearest valleys below this vantage point on Caribou Ridge are part of the City of Boulder watershed. The three knobby peaks towards the center are (l to r) Apache Peak (in the light), Navajo Peak (with horizontally layered rock in the center), and Arikaree Peak (shaded by the clouds). The peaks in the distance on the left are in the southern part of Rocky Mountain National Park. Coyote Park, seen in my recent posts, is about 3 miles west (left) and 3000’ lower.
Rocky Mountain Front Range, with:
Clouds and Ridges in Silhouette (Foreground),
Clouds Lit Directly by the Sun, and
Clouds in the Dark (Background, Appearing to Be Above All Else),
October Evening @ 18:22, Colorado
This tall ornamental plant, known for its purple umbels, is also referred to as Persian onion or Dutch garlic. It is native to Iran and Kyrgyzstan.
Winter has set in on the Frontrange with a venegence but it does impart a beauty that seems best to portray in black and white!
Santa Fe’s Q train curves through Sedalia on Colorado’s Joint Line on the morning of July 7, 1989. The Denver to La Junta train is powered by EMD SD45-2 No. 5844 and SD40-2 No. 5182. Over on the northbound main line is Burlington Northern’s piggyback train headed to Denver, still running with a caboose on the rear.