Columbines in Mayflower Gulch

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Posted by Jack Garrett on August 3, 2011 at 12:31 AM

I went to Shrine Ridge and Mayflower gulch with my friends Paul and jason today. We left Denver at 2:00AM and hiked to the ridge for a pretty decent sunrise...I'l post something on those tomorrow. The ridge was fantastic with blues, yellows, reds, oranges....well worth the effort to get up there this week.

Later, we went to Mayflower Gulch and I got this columbine shot. The weather didn't give the best color but I still liked this shot. Took me a while to get up there and fell once..got soaking wet! Then a helicopter started circling overhead. I thought I had mistakenly activated my SPOT!!!

Let me know what you think.

Posted by Jack Garrett on August 3, 2011 at 12:32 AM

Well, I don't know what happened to the sky...looks good on my MacBook.

Posted by Stan Rose on August 3, 2011 at 12:58 AM

I dont think the flat light helped any...

Love the fg subject tho!

Posted by Don George on August 3, 2011 at 11:00 AM

Great shot regardless of the sky. The combination of the color in the moss rock and those pristine columbine is great.

Posted by Mel Ladewig on August 3, 2011 at 11:04 AM

The color might not be there in the sky or the peaks, but you've got great greens up front. A square crop and you've got yourself a pretty little scene.

Mel-

Posted by John Mumaw on August 3, 2011 at 9:41 PM

That's a fine bouquet, and I agree with Mel about the crop, as the most interesting pats are the flowers and the rocks that surround them. and

Posted by Rod Chandler on August 3, 2011 at 10:35 PM

Everything is there with the rocks, grass and flowers. CROP! You nailed it.

Posted by Morris McClung on August 4, 2011 at 2:34 PM

I saw a comp very similar from Art Escobodo recently. Were you guys shooting together? If not, just great minds thinking alike. Yeah, just fix the sky and you will have a huge wall hanger!

Posted by Dan Walters on August 7, 2011 at 6:40 PM

Really like the vertical composition. Very nice.