Colorado Photography of the American West

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28 March 2012

Prairie Homestead in Colorado

A solitary home is dwarfed by the vast space of the western prairie in the US. 

The only sound heard is the wind rustling through the tall dry grass of the great western High Plains.  It feels as though you could walk forever and never see another living thing, but perhaps you will be lucky and see a coyote or an antelope.  

Now days black stripes of pavement cut through these vast empty spaces.  The occasional semi truck roars past in a wash of blustery power.  People in a car loaded with luggage wave and are gone.  Then all returns as before.  The soft sigh of wind through grass resumes its murmur and I sigh along with it.


A solitary home is dwarfed by the vast space of the western prairie in the US.  
Prairie Homestead 
A solitary home is dwarfed by the vast space of the western prairie in the US. 


A solitary home is dwarfed by the vast space of the western prairie in the US.





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21 March 2012

Red Tulips from the Spring Garden

a brilliant red bouquet of spring tulips fresh from the garden

This week spring came to the northern hemisphere. My mind has been on flowers or the lack of at my new home. I am itching to get out and start tearing up sod and removing stone to make new flower beds and plant some trees. 

Gardening is a close second to photography for me and shooting flower photography is a natural fit. This photograph of a bouquet of tulips occupied quite a bit of my studio time. I fiddled and fussed with it playing with a couple different backgrounds to put behind those red beauties. But after some sage advice from Flickr and Facebook friends the purist version won out. 


a brilliant red bouquet of spring tulips fresh from the garden

Red Tulips
A brilliant red bouquet of spring tulips fresh from the garden. Perfect for adding a springtime bouquet to your home, office, or bedroom decor.
 
Tell me which one you like. Do you agree that the plain background is best? Tulip 2's background was created by yours truly. And I have Pixal Dust Photo Art to thank for the beautiful background on Tulip 3. 

Tulip 2 Tulip 2 Tulip 3 Tulip 3







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19 March 2012

An Interview of Me?

I do not usually do interviews, but I made an exception. Diane Fergurson over at the Mind Body Spirit blog does such a wonderful and professional job at drawing the best out of people with her great interviewing style. I can truly say that when I first saw it I was humbled at the good fortune of being asked. So if you are curious about my personal back story go to Mind Body Spirit and check it out for yourself. You may find out something about me you did not know.




a young and inquisitive white mountain goat standing on a barren mountain top with storm clouds behind him 

Colorado Rocky Mountain Goat 



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13 March 2012

Rabbit Brush Ridge - A Snowy Minimalist Landscape


The sun's low angle creates interesting shadows on the minimalist snowy landscape of a Colorado ridge.
We are all ready for spring; flowers, green landscapes, and warm sunny days. Spring makes me think of planting flowers too. My new home has a glaring absence of plants, of which I am very ready to remedy. I love gardening and it will be my challenge in the next few months to get rid of stone and add a touch of nature's beauty. 

But in the meantime, I wanted to share one more winter day with you. We were just returning home from a hike on a morning fresh and crisp with new snow. I looked up the hillside to see this beautiful minimalist view of the ridge line and a gorgeous blue Colorado sky. I hope you like it and do not mind one more winter day.







The sun's low angle creates interesting shadows on the minimalist snowy landscape of a Colorado ridge. 

Rabbit Brush Ridge
The sun's low angle creates interesting shadows on the minimalist snowy landscape of a Colorado ridge.  The brown husk of last years rabbit brush lends some relief to the blank horizon.





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07 March 2012

An English Bulldog Day in Pictures

Bulldog plays tug of war with owner. 

Now why does she want my toy? 
No! Don't throw it away!


Bulldog with toy 

Back and forth. Back and forth. Geesh! 



  Bulldog stands over toy 

Okay, I got it under control. 



Bulldog guards toy from another dog 

Don't even think about it.



Bulldog guards toy from two dogs 

Hey! No ganging up on me! 



Bulldog and brown dog play with toy 

Now where the heck did he come from? 



Bulldog and brown dog play tug of war with toy 

Gotcha!



Bulldog Retrieves toy 

Mine again.
My work is done.






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