After spending all night and day yesterday dodging the rain, I headed up towards Fremont Pass and spied a hole in the clouds to the west. That's the good news. The bad news was, the only opening was in a place that would allow the sun to cast its incredible last light on Bartlett Mountain, which is the mountain right at the pass that has been, shall we say, altered slightly by the Climax molydenum mine. So I chose to shoot into the sun instead. This one is just as the sun began to touch the horizon...
This morning I got shut out for sweet light around Leadville, but on my way home I shot flowers along Verdemont Road in the Wet Mtn. Valley. In years past the flowers were really good up farther along the road, where there's no barbed wire fence and you can get right up in 'em. This time all the flowers were confined to the fenced off areas (never knew flowers didn't know how to escape a fenced prairie!), and I don't know if that's just for now, or until they pass. We'll see.
Wow on all accounts! Love those clouds. I've never seen a field of flowers like that one either. Great images! You should think about doing something with them, maybe books or calendars or something.
Posted by Doug Andrews on June 13, 2007 at 10:36 PM
Ho hum Cloud Man strikes again.
Killer stuff as usual Todd.
Dramatic clouds and wotta a blanket of flowers! Are you sure you weren't in Antelope Valley in California?
Posted by Paul Beiser on June 14, 2007 at 12:00 AM
Like 'em all but especially like the first fiery sunset (the sun, the enveloping clouds.. wow) and the incredible field of yellow flowers - WOW!!
Posted by John De Bord on June 14, 2007 at 12:02 AM
WOW! Ok color me inspired!
Posted by Les Barstow on June 14, 2007 at 12:42 AM
Holey moley! That's an impressive bed of flowers! (Yes, the sun and clouds are great, too... I like the first of the two better, but the sRGB conversion really ate the highlights of the second one, so maybe it's not good to judge...)
That's a heckuva series of shots, Todd! Wow. Those first two are in-your-face dramatic, but I really like the third one the best - powder-sugar snow-capped peaks with a carpet of wildflowers below...doesn't get more "Colorado" than that.
Beautiful collection and interesting variety! I find the last one tremendously appealing - it really speaks to me. In fact, it screams "Springtime has reached the High Country". I love the way you've captured the soft and varied colors of a place that, until recently, was so barren and windswept.
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22 repliesKiller stuff as usual Todd.
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Beautiful collection and interesting variety! I find the last one tremendously appealing - it really speaks to me. In fact, it screams "Springtime has reached the High Country". I love the way you've captured the soft and varied colors of a place that, until recently, was so barren and windswept.