Scattered Blue
These grape hyacinth flowers add a bright pop to the colors in an early spring garden.
River Bends
The current and the old path of the San Juan River in Southern Utah.
Solar
A solar powered light illuminates the rest stop at Eagle Canyon in Utah. Self-sustaining fixtures make the place feel remote, despite being directly off of I-70.
Golden Fields
This view of the sun setting over a grain field was spectacular, providing wonderful foliage to catch the backlighting.
Cactus Flowers
Spring Flowers near the San Juan River in Utah.
moonrise
I stopped shortly after midnight to catch the moon rising over the high plains. After hours of driving in blackness the lesser of the sky’s lights was brilliantly bright.
Unfurling
The pleasing curves of an unrolling fern frond can be eye-catching in the spring forest undergrowth.
Sleeping in Clouds
In the mountains fog is often just clouds blowing through the forest. A photo can capture the shrouded trees, but not the way the mist swirls through them.
Midday Hideout
This plateau fence lizard (Sceloporus tristichus) was hiding from the hot midday sun in the Colorado mountains.
the brightest brown
The darkest brown areas on this cottonwood leaf are almost gold with the power of fall sunlight.