Back On The Trail

Got out for a spring hike. Things have been wetter this year, so that's a definite improvement!

Just going through a normal cycle of seasons. Some years dry, some wet, some somewhere in the middle.

A bit of a motion-blur long exposure shot of some water running in a river. These photos are always fun to take, if you can find a good angle to shoot from. And use a tripod or something to keep yourself steady.

Skeletons! These trees have been dead a long time. Silent sentinels of their past lives.

Brownies!

The warm and very dry year continued through the summer. More forest fires, more dry grass, etc.

This photo looks kinda like a big brownie. But its the bottom of a pond. Very dried out and cracked.

Normally, this large pond would have a foot or so of water standing in it throughout the whole year. This year its been bone dry for a long time. Normally muddy and gooey, I was able to walk around on it no problem. As hard as the walking trail. Guess we need a wet fall/winter/spring.

The Shadow People

Whoa, creepy!

No, not really. Just a shadow me while out on a hike.

On a big, big rock!

Burnin' Down the Road

We've had a very dry spring. And what does that bring? Not a lot of spring flowers. But spring fires, oh yes!

Huge fire started just to the south of us in Colorado foothills, near Fort Collins.

Burned for quite a while and caused a fair amount of damage. Not to mention a whole lot of smoke for many days.

This was a panographic photo made from about 5 different shots. It's a little distorted, but had to be to see all the smoke!

Colorful Christmas

Took several interesting photos over Christmas this year during a trip.

Got 2 nice sunsets, and one light shot of some christmas lighting. I always enjoy interesting light shots of any kind.

A beautiful sunset, taken on Christmas day. Heavenly!

A light motion shot of some outdoor Christmas lights. You always get some wild images when you have so many small colored light sources to play with.

A dramatic sunset on the trip back home.