French Gulch Sunset

Gore Range Sunset

July 5th, 2017: smoke from two different wildfires made for spectacular sunsets. View is the Gore Range from north of Silverthorne

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park

Montgomery Reservoir

Mining remains on Montgomery Reservoir near Hoosier Pass on Highway 9 near Alma

Stream above the mining ruins at Montgomery Reservoir.

Wildflowers

On Boreas Pass near Breckenridge

Breckenridge, Colorado

During the summer months, ALL of the ski runs at Breckenridge are Green runs!

Bald eagles along the Upper Colorado River are becoming plentiful... such beauty while river rafting!

2nd attempt at Milky Way pic, clouds moved in and it just wasn't as good as the first attempt.

My first attempt at a Milky Way picture. By far, the best out of the first few attempts. How did I do it? Read a lot of articles on how to and finally settled on the following.... Metadata: Canon 5D Mark III, 25 sec exposure, ISO 6000, 24-105 lens @ 24mm, f/4.0. And it was several weeks later I discovered the map of the USA with best places to take night photos of the stars without light pollution from towns, cities, etc... this spot at Rancho Del Rio on the Colorado River is one of the better places. I just happened to be at the right place at the right time, camping with friends over Labor Day weekend... and I saw this.

Ridgway State Park Visitors Center

Teepee stands outside the visitor's center at the reservoir with the San Juan mountains in the background

Chimney & Courthouse near Ridgway