Consolation Prize

[MonikaC]

Life's gotten in the way & instead of going to Crested Butte (5 1/2 hours with no traffic), I settled for Steamboat Springs (3 1/2 hours with no traffic -- but in reality was more like 4 1/2 hours) to check out the wildflowers. I went back to where I was 1 1/2 weeks ago, but some places were past & others kind of in-between (lost some flowers, gained others, but in general looked a bit thin). In trying to find a camping spot on a Saturday evening, I drove around for 1 1/2 hours, ending up almost back where I started, but on another spur that somehow didn't look promising. Boy, was I wrong! I was the only person camped on that road (there was only 1 site) and the wildflowers were good enough that I could be really picky about where I wanted to shoot e.g I passed on the rainbow as the position wasn't right for a composition. This was this morning's sunrise.

 

[AlanLichty]

That's a really nice way to start your day You hit the jackpot with this one - sweet sunrise.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Very nice, Monika.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Alan said just about what I was going to say, and this is a very beautiful image.

 

[Beth]

wow! amazing sky and light and colors and pretty much everything else about this shot!

 

[JimFox]

I will take a consolation prize like this any day! You are really tempting me to go to Steamboat Springs Monika!