Wine Tour

Toured some of the Palisade wineries today. We stopped at Red Fox Cellars. What a fun place! Among other attractions, not the least of which was their wine, was this arrangement of flowers that I have filtered.

Flowers

Flowers

 

We wandered around Palisade Colorado via Clyde and his wagon.

Meet Clyde!

Meet Clyde

Meet Clyde

We had such a fun time. Palisade is a sweet little town that sits below Mt. Garfield, in Colorado. They grow grapes and make great wine. You should visit sometime.

It was a great day in Western Colorado.

#westerncolorado #palisade #winetour

 

 

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Summer Storm

While it’s cold here now, I am looking through old photographs and found this one. I love how the clouds seem to fall out of the sky as sun still lights the Bookcliffs in the background.

Summer Storm

Summer Storm

 

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Winter Weather

A storm moved through here today. It snowed a little, but melted almost as fast as it fell. As the weather cleared out, in the distance, the clouds hugged Mt. Garfield.

Mt. Garfield

Mt. Garfield

 

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Black Canyon, East Portal—Topaz Labs

This is a photo I took in October. I filtered it using Topaz Labs’ Impression. The first photo is the original picture. The following are the same picture, filtered differently in Impression.

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What fun!

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Black Canyon, East PortalBlack Canyon, East Portal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Black Canyon, East Portal Black Canyon, East Portal

 

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.

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Unaweep Canyon

Here’s another photo, an iPhone 5s photo, that I applied some Topaz Labs’ Impression filters to. There doesn’t seem to be a limit to the number of looks you can create. I shot this looking toward Grand Junction.

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.

—Twyla Tharp

Unaweep Canyon. Wildcat Trail, May 2014. Looking toward Grand Junction, Colorado.

Unaweep Canyon. Wildcat Trail, May 2014. Looking toward Grand Junction, Colorado.

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Mt. Garfield

This is the beginning of several that I will post using Topaz Labs’ Impression software. I have a trial version now but intend to buy the software. It’s nothing short of FUN! If you follow the link and then scroll down a ways, you will see a cup that you can apply all the filters to. Even that’s kind of fun. You can apply various filters, edit those filters, use different blend modes to get different effects. For fun, it’s just cool!

Mt. Garfield

Mt. Garfield

 

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Cloudworks

I get to see a lot of storms push through here and many of them are pretty impressive. Black and white is even more dramatic. The one thing about digital that’s really nice is the ability to shoot LOTS of pictures of nothing but the sky.

Grand Valley Cloud Works

Grand Valley Cloud Works

 

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Moonrise

Nov 8

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Played with camera this evening while the moon rose. Sure would like to figure this out. I have such a nice view.

Moonrise

Moonrise

 

Moon

Moon

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Color at Mud Springs

I took this picture on a Saturday run to Mud Springs above Glade Park, Colorado. My camera settings were off; these were the lowest quality photos I could be taking. Not sure how that happened, but I was not pleased to discover that AFTER ending the day. I still got a few pretty pictures, though. This was one of the better shots.

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Colorful Quakies

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Evening Here

I love my view in Western Colorado.

Mt. Garfield & Clouds

Mt. Garfield & Clouds

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Black Canyon, South Rim

Oct 26

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Black Canyon, South Rim. October 2014

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“Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings.” —Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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Spring Hike, 2014

I took these pictures with an iPhone 5s. I think it takes pretty respectable pictures. Once I learned not to use the zoom (and I still forget) I am getting pretty consistently good pictures. I’ve also watched a few videos aimed at teaching how best to capture photos with the that camera.

This was a fun hike with my friend, Carol, on May 23, 2014. I believe she did some geo-caching along the way. And she knows stuff. I saw yellow flowers and greenish caterpillars. She saw [insert correct names here]. A hike with Carol is always informative and fun. We sat toward the top and ate lunch and enjoyed the view.

Unaweep Canyon is one my favorite places. It’s pretty every season; in rain, snow, or sunshine.

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