ptarmigan
A white-tailed ptarmigan, halfway molted from summer plumage. I especially like the red eyelid you can see.
Mountain Ranch
These are some of the out buildings on the historic Beckwith Ranch near Westcliffe Colorado. The ranch is quite picturesque with the wide fields backed by the mountains contrasting the white buildings.
mine head
An abandoned mine building above Leadville, CO. There are lots of old mine towns, but Leadville is special in how closely everything is grown together. Turn east on 7th street. Drive for 10 minutes. Congratulations, all the mines you could ever ask for.
Scent of Summer
Hydrangea flowers are very showy and long lasting, providing color through much of the summer and fall.
Mountain Trees
Mountain aspen grow tall and straight, pushing leaves out of the valley to the sun. This picture mixes strong vertical lines with just enough chaos to make it interesting.
Plum Blossoms
This plum tree was completely covered in blossoms this spring, but this branch caught my eye because the cluster at the end of the branch was almost shaped like a pineapple.
Golden Blooms
The late afternoon lighting gives a unique color to these apple leaves and blossoms.
Raging River
High water from heavy rain and spring runoff combined filled this dam spillway at Pattison State Park much more than normal, affording the amazing foam patterns and contrast.
Irridescent Wings
This is a almost completely un-edited photo, despite the white background. This was in a butterfly pavilion with white netting that was extremely overexposed when taking pictures of the butterflies, which provided the white backdrop.