Colorado Captures

An old abandoned 19th century mine stands in the foreground of majestic Red Mountain. This image was taken near sunset from Red Mountain Pass (aka Million Dollar Highway) between Ouray and Silverton, Colorado. With both gold and silver having been discovered in the area, man really left his mark on this view of Red Mountain.  [...]

Skilled ice climbers carefully ascend frozen columns of ice at the world famous Ouray Ice Park.  I was in the area doing some backcountry snowboarding at Silverton Mountain and couldn’t resist a quick side trip to the Ouray Ice Park – well worth the visit I might add.  These images were taken at the park just [...]

A brave cowboy rides a hoppin’ mad bull in this action series taken at the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado. It doesn’t looks so bad… at first.

A Harris Hawk scouts for prey during a HawkQuest members only field event. This event featured volunteers carrying 6 Harris Hawks through the brush of Bear Creek Lake Park looking for prey.  When we located one, the hawks would then pursue the prey as a team.  It was an awesome event that we were lucky [...]

A high mountain hairpin turn makes for a neat setting to shoot the starry night sky in winter.  Glow from Denver’s lights appears on the left (from 50 some miles away!) while the darker sky on the right reveals the Milky Way (woohoo!).  This long exposure image (102 seconds) was taken near the top of [...]

Glowing Garden of the Gods provides a great foreground in this shot of Pikes Peak (14,110 feet).  Two of the park’s most prominent rock structures, North and South Gateway Rocks (and Pikes Peak) are shown here basking in the early morning alpenglow.  This image was taken after a short early morning hike in Garden of [...]