ouray

Jim and I meet up for the 4th of July before he headed back to CA. We went and saw the Ouray Firework show an it was Amazing! Here are some of my favorites.... CC Welcome. #1 #2 #3

I was in Ouray Colorado yesterday, and while out photographing Grizzly Creek Falls, someone who stopped by there told me there were 4 Rams in the Ouray Cemetery. So I of course headed down there. :) Now this cemetery is one that I have passed by a hundred times but had never stopped at. I don't...

Few pics from my early October fall trip, this year's fall colors at Ridgway area was far better than last years.

This also is from Yankee Boy Basin. This is one of many waterfalls along Sneffels Creek. There are always some wildflowers adorning the edges of it, but there is also a lot of bare earth and rock on that side. Which the bare areas bug me, so I try to compose to eliminate them as much as possible...

This was from last month in Yankee Boy Basin in SW Colorado just out of Ouray Colorado. It was storming and raining with thunder going off almost overhead. I had a short window when it was only slightly raining to photograph and video. In between I ran back into my Jeep to sit out the hail...

This is the promised video of my going up behind Cascade Falls in Ouray Colorado. One thing I noticed when I got to the section that is the riskiest, is it doesn't look risky at all. In fact the whole ledge doesn't seem that risky even though it had 3 or 4 risky spots. I am guessing the camera...

From my recent trip to Cascade Falls in Ouray Colorado. I converted a few to B&W and thought they looked good. All comments are welcome, Jim #1 - Original #2 - Edit

I didn't even know there was an area to get behind Cascade Falls in Ouray Colorado until I saw someone get behind there last week as I was filming a video there and taking photos. So I had to go up there and find out for myself. :) Once I hiked up the trail a bit I found where the ledge was...

Here is a short video of Lower Blue Lake in the San Juan Wilderness in SW Colorado. I am not happy with the way the water had gotten blown out in the last part of the video, but I am hoping it's something that non-photographers will even notice like we do. It's a learning lesson for me to...

This was at the end of some really great wildflower backpacking trips in SW Colorado, I ran up to Dallas Divide for the sunset. I never cease to be amazed at how no one is ever there to photograph it seems except for Fall Colors. In the fall it will be a madhouse there with 50 to 60 people at...

Up at Lower Blue Lake in Colorado the surrounding mountains feel like they are safeguarding the lake. It's quite the sight to behold. This shot was about the reflection. There are some wildflowers there in that area but they easily get over shadowed in this spot by all of the green vegetation...

Rolling out a Carpet of Wildflowers that is. :) This is in the San Juan Mountains of SW Colorado up at Yankee Boy Basin at sunset. Not a lot of clouds at sunset as the earlier storm clouds we almost gone, but the majority that was left was behind me. But I liked that peak being lit up and the...

Here is the B&W version of my Stormy Spring, a shot from Yankee Boy Basin outside of Ouray Colorado during the Wildflower season. Monika suggested I try B&W and here it is. :) The Color version is here: https://www.focalworld.com/index.php?threads/stormy-spring.10445/ All comments are welcome...

Well, in this case Spring was actually in August since the wildflowers were so delayed in Colorado. This is in Yankee Boy Basin and the afternoon thunderstorms were so delightful and full of energy. The B&W Version can be found...

As you head up to Yankee Boy Basin in SW Colorado outside of Ouray, you have an option to head South and up to get to Governor Basin. Now Governor Basin is a lot less traveled then Yankee Boy Basin, the road spends a lot of time being on the edge of a cliff and only single lane, so it can be a...

The San Juan mountains had a huge snowfall this year (reports said 600-700% more than average). Avalanches abounded in this area snapping trees off leaving debris behind. Here there are not many trees as in other places since the tree line is right here. The 'spires' are what caught my attention...

From a few weeks ago in Yankee Boy Basin outside of Ouray Colorado, I found the place just carpeted with wildflowers. It was pretty crazy, every color imaginable was there. All comments are welcome, Jim

Jim you has asked if the other one I posted was my son. This first image is my son climbing. This next one was definitely the most flamboyant out all the climbers that day.

Earlier in the week I was in Ouray for some winter photography and of course there is always the ice climbing there. This was shot not in the normal area, but in a channel south of Ouray. So here are 3 shots of the same person with varying compositions to be able to see the area the person was...

The forecast had been for clear skies at sunrise but you just never know. Camping out in my Jeep in 0 degree weather can get a bit chilly. My iPhone despite being plugged in died, my key fob for the jeep must have died also as the alarm went crazy as I tried to open the door of my jeep in the...