Aspens Glowing in Morning Sun

Aspens Glowing in Morning Sun landscape photo by Dan Bourque

Stands of golden aspens emerge from shadow as the morning sun peers into a Rocky Mountain valley in autumn.

Details: Autumn in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado is simply spectacular with already majestic scenes made even more beautiful by stands of iconic aspens in bright gold. This was captured just after dawn on a morning hike in early October near Vail, Colorado.

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Snowcapped Hoodoos

Snowcapped Hoodoos landscape photo by Dan Bourque

Brilliant orange hoodoos reach through the snow to glow in the springtime sun at Bryce Canyon National Park.

Details: Bryce Canyon National Park is just one of those places that so unique it’s tough to describe. This image zooms in to capture the details of a few of the tens of thousands of “hoodoos” carved by the elements over time. Each section of hoodoos has a unique feel and coloration from white to orange to red making it a photographer’s dream. This image was captured from the Rim Trail near Inspiration Point.

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Mittens Shadow

Mittens Shadow

The shadow of the West Mitten rises against the East Mitten at sunset in this iconic western scene.

Details: Most are familiar with this iconic scene from the American Southwest, but there are only a few weeks a year where the setting sun places the shadow of West Mitten in the middle of East Mitten. A few days earlier, it would have covered almost the entirety of the mitten, but I love this view where the shadow is clear without blocking the beautiful red emanating from East Mitten.

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Sunset Over Cathedral Spires

The setting sun illuminates purple storm clouds overlooking Colorado’s Cathedral Spires in the distance.

Details: Storms are always a mixed blessing in photography. They can literally rain on your parade, but they can also create immense drama and beauty. This storm rained on my camping trip near Bailey, Colorado, but its parting gift was a brilliant show of purples, pinks and oranges as the sun shone in the narrow window between the mountains and the storm. The layers of mountains crowned by the rugged peaks of the Cathedral Spires add more beauty to this incredible scene.

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Black Hills Silhouettes

Black Hills Silhouettes landscape photo by Dan Bourque

Sunset reveals purple layers of the Black Hills of South Dakota with the faces of Mount Rushmore looking on.

Details: the Black Hills are a beautiful place, and when you get a chance to sit high up on a ridge and enjoy the sunset, they get even more beautiful. This image was taken about 10 miles east of Mount Rushmore, and I love how the long lens accentuates the colorful layers of the hills.

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Bells in Summer

Bells in Summer landscape photo by Dan Bourque

Aspens from winter avalanches frame a perfect reflection of Colorado’s Maroon Bells in mid-summer.

Details: the Maroon Bells, two dramatic 14,000 foot peaks in the Sawatch Range, are an icon of the Colorado Rockies. They are most often photographed at sunrise when the waters are perfectly still, but by mid-morning, the reflections are often destroyed by mountain winds. This unique morning offered not only brilliant blue skies but the rare stillness to capture the Bells in full sunlight with a clear reflection across the entire lake. This scene was erased just 10 minutes later as the winds once again returned.

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Fire Behind Eagle Mountain

Fire Behind Eagle Mountain landscape photo by Dan Bourque

A fiery sunset, reflected in a grassy pool, sets behind a rocky butte in central Colorado.

Details: there are many magical places in Colorado both big and small. One of my favorite small places is Spruce Mountain near Larkspur where a series of flat-top buttes spring up from the plains on the edge of the Front Range of the Colorado Rockies. Bodies of water aren’t that common in Colorado, but this calm pond, full from recent snow melt, provided the perfect vantage point to double the amazing sunset over the jutting promontory of a butte known by locals as “Eagle Mountain.”

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Sunlight in the Sage

Sunlight in the Sage photo by Dan Bourque

The last rays of sunlight dance through stalks of fresh purple sage flowers.

Details: in photography, lighting is everything. Normally with flowers you want overcast skies to keep the sun from washing out the details, but every so often, the sun hits things just right. In this case, in literally the last minute before the sun went behind the mountains, it struck this large grouping of sage flowers perfectly.

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Sage Visitor

Sage Visitor photo by Dan Bourque

A honey bee pays a visit to the brilliant purple flowers of a sage plant in Colorado.

Details:  For about two weeks in early summer, the salvia (sage) plants in Colorado bloom with their delicate purple flowers. These weeks bring hundreds of bees to each plant including this little one who stopped just long enough for a photo. A hint for photographers learning to shoot flowers, an overcast day like this one makes it easier to catch color and fine detail.

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Pink and Purple

Pink and Purple photo by Dan Bourque

A lone pink peony bloom set among brilliant purple sage in early summer in Colorado.

Details: This beautiful bloom was at the peak of its one-week lifespan, and it was the only one on the plant that decided to creep over into an area of sage (salvia) flowers  making for a perfect and colorful frame.

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Bee in the Peony

Bee in the Peony photo by Dan Bourque

A bumblebee collects pollen from the brilliant flower of pink peony in Colorado.

Details: Taking photos of bees is an exercise in patience and camera control, and I highly recommend it if you’ve never tried it–it will definitely test and sharpen your skills at quickly focusing and tracking a subject! This bee was drawn to a large pink peony on a beautiful Colorado day in early June.

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View of the Twisted Tree

View of the Twisted Tree landscape photo by Dan Bourque

An ancient, twisted juniper looks on at a glorious sunset over Garden of the Gods, Colorado.

Details: I could spend 100 years in Garden of the Gods, Colorado and still not find every photo worthy spot. The park is known for its massive red rock fins and spires, the biggest of which are seen in the background here, but it’s also home to ancient juniper trees that have been twisted and gnarled by centuries of wind, sun and snow. This is one such example, and this small image doesn’t do justice to the intricate grain of the trunk visible in the full-size image. This is actually a panorama of 7 vertical images carefully stitched together to get this entire gorgeous scene at sunset.

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Autumn at Lost Pond

Autumn at Lost Pond landscape photo by Dan Bourque

Golden autumn aspens reflected perfectly in an alpine pond in Colorado.

Details: Mueller State Park is one of my favorite places in central Colorado, especially in September when the aspens begin to change and the blue of the skies deepens. To capture this sublime scene and the full reflection in Lost Pond, I created this panorama from five different vertical shots.  To see a vertical version of this scene, try here.

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Deep Blue Mirror

Deep Blue Mirror landscape photo by Dan Bourque

A quiet Rocky Mountain pond reflects a perfect autumn day in Colorado.

Details: The only thing better than the color of golden aspens and deep blue skies together is a reflection of golden aspens and deep blue skies! The waters of Lost Pond in Mueller State Park served as a perfect reflecting mirror on this pristine September morning in the Rockies.

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Red Flowers on Emerald Lake

Red Flowers on Emerald Lake landscape photo by Dan Bourque

Brilliant red indian paintbrush line the shores of aptly named Emerald Lake in central Colorado’s Gothic Valley.

Details: Gothic Valley north of Crested Butte, Colorado, is one of the most beautiful places in the state, especially in the summer when wildflowers are blooming. Emerald lake, with its tranquil green water, sits high in the valley at the base of 12,800 foot Mount Baldy (seen here on the right). It’s just below treeline at 10,450 feet, and while many flowers in the lower valley have faded, the flowers surrounding the lake were in full bloom this first day of August.

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Red Rocks and Ripples

Red Rocks and Ripples landscape photo by Dan Bourque

Ripples on a pond make for wavy reflections of red rock formations in Red Rock Canyon, Colorado.

Details: Red Rock Canyon lies just south of Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs and shares the same red-rock ridges and formations. A rainy summer has kept this pond full which made for this idyllic and colorful July scene. I love the interplay between the deep blue skies, green trees and orange rocks in the background and foreground.

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Glorious Symphony of Earth and Sky

 

Glorious Symphony of Earth and Sky landscape photo by Dan BourqueAn incredible sunset unfolds over two natural icons of central Colorado, Garden of the Gods and Pikes Peak.

Details: this was one of those amazing evenings when you’re glad you took a chance on the weather. I was driving through rain to get to this spot, and after hiking down into this field, the skies opened up and soon displayed this masterpiece. A wide-angle lens was essential to getting this big sky into a single frame. This image is captured in HDR to preserve the delicate details in the sky and shadows.

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Goldenbanner Sunset

Goldenbanner Sunset landscape photo by Dan BourqueAn incredible sunset over the Rocky Mountains blankets a field of beautiful goldenbanner flowers in central Colorado.

Details: A wet spring means an early season for Colorado wildflowers. This field, near the South Arkansas River in central Colorado, is full of brilliant goldenbanner on a beautiful evening in late May. The sun is setting behind 14,000 foot Mount Antero which flanks Monarch Pass along the continental divide. The challenge with this shot was getting just the right exposure in a single shot to bring the flowers out without blowing out the intricate highlight detail in the sky.

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Arizona Twilight

Arizona Twilight landscape photo by Dan Bourque

Magnificent rock formations near Sedona, Arizona burn red in the last rays of the day.

Details: Sedona, Arizona is one of the most beautiful places in the American West, and the red buttes of Coconino National Forest surround the town. This image of Courthouse Butte (center) and Bell Rock (right) were taken high up on a National Forest trail south of Sedona just as the sun was setting. All but the very tip of Bell Rock is already covered in shadow from the hills to the west. The dot in the sky is the moon, made smaller by the wide-angle lens needed to soak in this magnificent view.

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Last Light in the Canyon

 

Last Light in the Canyon landscape photo by Dan Bourque

The last rays of the setting sun set the walls of the Grand Canyon ablaze in orange.

Details: The Grand Canyon is beautiful anytime but mesmerizing at sunset. As the sun sinks to the horizon, it turns the canyon walls from reddish white into brilliant orange and gold. This was taken about two minutes before the sun went below the horizon with the rim painted orange while the deep parts of the canyon fade into hues of blue and purple. A few small patches of snow in the foreground reveal that even though the scene is warm, it is still winter in the high Arizona desert. This is one of my favorite photos I’ve taken because of the great colors in the sky and canyon, the stark contrasts between light and shadow, and the composition of the walls, foreground and the line of the deep canyon far below.

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Sun Over Fall Fields

Sun Over Fall Fields landscape photo by Dan Bourque

The morning sun shines through golden aspens in a golden field with a blue Colorado sky as a backdrop.

Details: fall is fleeting in Colorado, and I’ve missed more opportunities to catch the brilliant colors than I care to admit over the years. Late September is the best time to catch the aspens in the mountain passes, but the first week of October proved to be the perfect time to catch this stand in the meadows near Divide, Colorado. This picture was taken just a few minutes after sunrise, and I love the rays around the sun and how the golden grass in this scene matches the color in the trees perfectly.

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Paint Mines

Paint Mines landscape photo by Dan Bourque

Purple flowers line canyon walls striped with bold yellows and reds at the Paint Mines in Colorado.

Details: The Paint Mines Interpretive Park is a little known gem on the eastern plains of Colorado where the forces of erosion and naturally pigmented soil combine for spectacular effect. This is one of my favorite spots for photographing the Milky Way, but it’s an incredible sight in the daylight as well. Heavy rains in early summer brought the addition of wildflowers to the canyons. This hour, when the sun has just left the canyon wall and everything is in mild shadow, is the best time to capture the colors.

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Fields of Golden Summer

Fields of Golden Summer landscape photo by Dan Bourque

A brilliant blue sky over fields of brilliant yellow flowers on the Colorado plains in July.

Details: First, this scene is fairly rare in eastern Colorado. Usually, summers are dry, and fields like this would normally be brown by July. This year, we got an abundance of rain in late spring and early summer, and entire portions of the state have turned this brilliant shade of gold. The flowers are near their peak here, and in a week, most will be gone. I’m glad I got to capture them on this beautiful July 4th day.

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Peak Panorama at Sunrise

 

Peak Panorama at Sunrise landscape panorama by Dan BourqueThe red light of dawn illuminates pikes peak between the massive red rock formations of Garden of the Gods in Colorado

Details: Every clear morning just at sunrise, the sun’s first rays make 14,000 foot Pikes Peak glow brilliant red. This lasts for only a couple minutes before the peak returns to its normal gray, and it’s tough to catch a day where both the peak and clouds light up (normally clouds obscure the rays lighting the peak), but this was just such a morning caught from the eastern side of Garden of the Gods Park in Colorado Springs on a clear September morning.

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Aspens in the Crags

Aspens in the Crags landscape panorama by Dan Bourque

Panorama of golden aspens in a Rocky Mountain valley in the fall

Details: Fall is an amazing (and amazingly brief) time of year in Colorado. The aspens turn bright gold and orange, but only for a couple brief weeks before the snows hit. This scene was captured the last week of September in a place known as “the Crags” in the Pike National Forest near Cripple Creek, Colorado.  The Rocky Mountains are home to some brilliant blue skies, and these make the gold of the aspens really pop!

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Evening Storm Approaching

Evening Storm Approaching landscape photo by Dan BourqueAn old twisted tree on a mountaintop stands boldly in the face of an approaching storm after sunset in the Rocky Mountains.

Details: Just after sunset is an awesome time for photography as you can extend the exposures and open up some awesome possibilities for an image. In this case, an approaching thunderstorm brings fast moving clouds lit purple from the day’s last light, and a lightning bolt adds the glow behind the tree.  This scene was captured on top of Grouse Mountain in Mueller State Park, Colorado.

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Vibrant Reflections

Vibrant Reflections landscape photo by Dan BourqueBrooding sunset clouds are perfectly reflected through bare trees at Red Rock Canyon Open Space, Colorado.

Details: I had been telling my 10-year-old son I’d take him out on Friday night to get some pictures. By the time Friday night rolled around, I was exhausted from a long week, and it was raining. While my son understood when I told him “not tonight,” I could tell he was pretty disappointed. It gave me a second wind, and we went out despite the lingering rain clouds, and I owe this picture all to him! The sun snuck under the clearing clouds for just a few minutes after sunset, and we were lucky enough to have the perfect spot at Red Rock Canyon Open Space to catch it and a great reflection among the red rocks. As evidenced by the trees, this area is not normally covered in water, but a rainier-than-normal summer made this scene possible.

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Tranquility Basin

Tranquility Basin landscape photo by Dan Bourque

Wisps of pink clouds at sunrise frame a perfect reflection of Red Rocks in Colorado.

Details: This scene was captured on a July morning at Red Rock Canyon Open Space near Manitou Springs, Colorado. A combination of snow melt and summer rains filled this small lake, and the unusual calm of this morning left it glassy for a perfect reflection of park’s geologic features which are reminiscent of nearby Garden of the Gods. The moon in the upper right adds an extra little detail to the scene, and it gave me inspiration for this image’s name–“Tranquility Base” was the name of the spot where the astronauts of Apollo 11 first stepped on the moon almost exactly 45 years before this photo as taken.

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Surreal Skies over Death Valley

Surreal Skies over Death Valley landscape photo by Dan BourqueBrilliant pink and purple clouds illuminate the skies at sunset over Death Valley National Park, California.

Details: Sometimes I have a hard time believing the beauty of what I’m seeing, and this June evening in Death Valley National Park was one of them. Looking at the skies an hour before, I didn’t think it was going to be a good sunset, but once the sun got under the clouds, it just kept illuminating more of them in brilliant pinks and oranges all around (this is looking south). My jaw was dropped for nearly 20 minutes before the color finally departed. The “rocks” in the foreground are actually salt formations in the area known as the Devils Golf Course which lies below sea level.

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Colorful Death Valley

Colorful Death Valley panorama landscape photo by Dan BourqueThe setting sun momentarily transforms mountain peaks and skies with splashes of bold color in Death Valley National Park, California.

Details: Just an hour before, the clouds completely obscured the sun (which was nice on such a hot day in June), but just before setting, rays of the sun lit the Death Valley’s eastern mountains in red and painted the clouds. The unique salt formations in the foreground belong to the so-called Devils Golf Course near Badwater, the lowest point in North America. This image was captured in HDR to preserve the delicate highlight and shadow detail in this scene.

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Moving Color

Moving Color landscape photo by Dan Bourque

Retreating waves reflect the bold orange, pink and purples of sunset over Point Loma, California.

Details: Sunset had just faded on the low clouds, and I was just about ready to pack up my camera when the sun caught the higher clouds above illuminating them in brilliant pinks and oranges creating this scene. A long exposure time lent a softness to the water and clouds. This image was captured in HDR to preserve the delicate highlight and shadow detail in the scene.

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Sunset Surf Surreal

Sunset Surf Surreal landscape photo by Dan BourqueFrothy white ghosts of recent waves glow pink under a sunset sky near California’s Sunset Cliffs.

Details: Just after sundown is a great time for long-exposure photography. This scene was created by capturing a crashing wave over a 6-second exposure. The rocks appear solid, but the water’s movements leave only the ghost-like trails of the wave’s white foam as it hits and recedes. I love taking pictures on the coast!

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Pine Against Pink Sky

Pine Against Pink Sky landscape photo by Dan Bourque

Solitary pine tree silhouetted against a pink Colorado sunset with Pikes Peak looking on.

Details: every aspiring photographer should have a spot within 5 minutes of home where they can run to get a little foreground and background when the sky conditions are right. This little spot is at a small park in Colorado Springs just up the street from my house. On this evening, the clouds and sky put on a brilliant display, so I was able to grab the camera and run to get there in time. The bright light in the upper left is the moon, though using a wide-angle lens makes it appear tiny. This image was captured in HDR to preserve the shadow and highlight detail.

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Sunset over Coal Creek

Sunset over Coal Creek landscape photo by Dan Bourque

Orange and pink rays light up the Colorado sky over Coal Creek at sunset

Details:  This scene was captured near Crested Butte, Colorado in April when runoff from the snow-covered peaks made the small creek swell. Only two minutes before, there was no sunset to speak of, but then the sun cleared the underside of the clouds to create this heavenly scene. A longish (1/2 sec) exposure softened the falls and ripples of the creek adding to the serenity of the scene.

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Solitude at Sunset

Solitude at Sunset

Amazing sunset clouds fade into night as a lonely pine tree looks on in silence.

Details: This image captured the last brilliant moments of sunset on a warm March evening at Garden of the Gods Park. This tree is in a secluded spot in the park, and I love how its roots sprawl over the granite ridge to hold onto its precarious vantage point. This image was captured in HDR to preserve the delicate highlight and shadow detail in this scene.

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Hard Rocks Covered in Soft Sunset

Hard Rocks Covered in Soft Sunset

Brilliant pink clouds cast their glow on red and white formations at Garden of the Gods in Colorado

Details: This image was captured at the peak of this sunset on a March day in Garden of the Gods Park in Colorado Springs. This hard-to-reach ridge offers a great vista of the central garden area including the famous Kissing Camels formation on the right edge. This image is captured in HDR to preserve the detail of the shadowy foreground and the bright sky highlights.

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Ohio Sunrise

Ohio Sunrise

The rising sun turns the sky to orange as it peeks from gold-lined clouds.

Details:  This image wasn’t planned. I just happened to be transporting my camera in my backpack when this scene emerged from the darkness on a November day near Dayton, Ohio.  A telephoto lens brought the scene closer to the camera and allowed me to focus on the amazing, painting-like clouds being illuminated.

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Rays Behind the Cathedral

Rays Behind the Cathedral

Brilliant rays of the morning sun shine across the face of the National Cathedral.

Details:  I had to maneuver around the grounds of the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. to get into the perfect position to capture the sun along the outline of the cathedral. It’s tough to aim a lens flare, but I love how the bright gold and green flare here lends a sublime quality to the photo.  Because of the bright sun shining straight into the lens, I captured this in HDR with three exposures to preserve all the detail in the shadow of the church. I “pushed” the HDR a little more than I normally do for this shot because I love the bold color and slightly surreal result it yielded.

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National Cathedral Autumn

National Cathedral Autumn

Red leaves of autumn frame the stone towers of the National Cathedral.

Details:  This image was taken on a fine October morning at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.  A wide-angle lens was used to capture the tall scene and results in the exaggerated angles of the church which helps accentuate the height of the structure.  This image was captured in HDR to preserve the detail in the shadow of the structure even though it was heavily back lit by the morning sun.

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Cathedral Glass

Cathedral Glass

Morning sun streams through stained glass under a canopy of elaborate stonework at the National Cathedral.

Details:  This image was captured at the National Cathedral in Washington D.C.  I like this image because of the way the stonework frames the glass and the colors blend from golden to purple throughout the image.

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Golden Clouds Above Kissing Camels

Golden Clouds Above Kissing Camels

The twisted branches of an ancient juniper frame Pikes Peak and the Kissing Camels of Garden of the Gods as the sun sets leaving traces of gold in the clouds.

Details:  This photo was taken at the same spot as this image but at sunset instead of sunrise. The remnants of an afternoon thunderstorm make a nice canvas for the sun, which has just set, to paint.  I love the colors in this image, from the gold and silver in the clouds, to the brilliant orange rocks, to the green of the junipers and the deep purple of Pikes Peak.  I also like the sense of motion provided by the clouds and how it contrasts with the stillness of the rocks and the old branches. To capture all the color and detail in the highlights and shadows in this shot, I captured it using three exposures and HDR processing.

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Sunflowers in the Garden

Sunflowers in the Garden

Brilliant yellow flowers lie between the red-rock monoliths of Garden of the Gods Park in Colorado.

Details:  Sunflowers aren’t very prolific in Garden of the Gods, but an unusually rainy summer has left a stand of them in the middle of the enormous red rocks of the central gardens. An afternoon storm is just clearing allowing the sun to cast the red rocks in a bright orange which contrasts with the dark storm clouds behind. This HDR image uses three exposures to capture the delicate highlight and shadow detail of this scene.

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Gulf Sunset Lined in Gold

Gulf Sunset Lined in Gold

The setting sun over the Gulf of Mexico leaves golden rays and cloud linings around purple storm clouds.

Details: the sun is just on the horizon, but a building storm over the water blocks it from view, but the evidence it leaves in the amazing outlines of towering clouds adds a sense of drama and heavenly majesty to an already impressive scene taken from the north end of Florida’s Ana Maria Island on the Gulf Coast.

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Fiery Glow on the Horizon

Fiery Glow on the Horizon

Clouds glow fiery red behind perfectly silhouetted pine trees in Colorado.

Details: while it may look like a fire (and that’s not too uncommon in Colorado), this photo actually captures the reddish glow of Colorado Springs from Mueller State Park on an August midnight. The 30-second exposure turns a dull glow into the bright glow you see here.  The ridge in the background is actually the back side of the famous “14er” Pikes Peak.

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Marbles Being Born

Marbles Being Born

Three perfect spheres emerging from a pool capture miniature versions of the bold red and blue artwork behind them.

Details: working with water is awesome, especially when combined with bold colors, in this case a colorful piece of homemade artwork. This image also captures a rare three-sphere splash from the original water drop.

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Golden Circle of Stars

Golden Circle of Stars

Stars circle like the rotor of a helicopter against a golden sky over bizarre formations.

Details: 75 images and 40 minutes of total exposure time were used to create this unique image of the Paint Mines in Calhan, Colorado. The North Star is just hidden behind the large rock to get the effect of stars circling around it. The golden sky is from the lights of Denver, about 70 miles away.

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Red Rocks Against the Sunset

Red Rocks Against the Sunset

Red rock formation silhouettes against a brilliant sunset of purple and golden clouds.

Details: this bizarre rock formation is known as the Siamese Twins in Garden of the Gods Park near Colorado Springs, Colorado. This photo was taken a few minutes after sunset and is an HDR image blended from three exposures to preserve foreground detail and cloud highlights.

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Two Red Roses

Two Red Roses

Two red roses stand together in full bloom against a dark backdrop of leaves.

Details: this image was taken one day after this image and shows how the second rose has fully bloomed to match the first. I love how these two blooms stand so close and yet away from all the other blooms. This image was taken with a wide aperture to decrease the depth of field and make the leaves soft.

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Blue Chapel

Blue Chapel

Aluminum spires painted blue by the morning light leads to the silver cross at the US Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel.

Details:  morning sun through the stained glass windows transform the aluminum structure of the US Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel into a blue and purple masterpiece which adds to the solemn but uplifting atmosphere of the chapel.  Taken with a wide-angle lens in the chapel’s 50th anniversary year.

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Academy Chapel Glass

Academy Chapel Glass

Morning light creates a tunnel of color in the US Air Force Academy Chapel.

Details:  the stained glass of the US Air Force Academy Chapel transforms the aluminum walls into blue and purple paintings.  Taken with a wide-angle lens on a May morning in the chapel’s 50th anniversary year.

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