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The Majesty of Colorado - Colorado Landscape, Wildlife and Nature Photography- 88 Images
Early morning on the Great Sand Dunes after a stormy night brought clouds that reflected intense warm hues from the rising sun.  I had envisaged a photograph like this at the sand dunes for over a year, capturing the the texture of the dunes, the sweeping lines that lead to the Sangre de Cristo mountains, with a brillant sunrise. - Colorado Photograph
As I photographed this scene, I almost imagined myself in a foreign land as the sun dipped below the horizon.  The shapes of the dunes in this photo become abstract lines and patterns in the late dusk light. - Rockies Photograph
I was able to take only 3 photographs while the sun hit the mountain, for less than one minute the mountain glowed with a golden brillance at Lake Helene in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.  The clouds on the eastern sky soon obscured the sun for a couple of hours, while small drops of rain fell around me. - Colorado Photograph
On a cool, autumn morning, silence reigned across the scenic Great Sand Dunes National Park, the quiet only occasionally broken by the sound of a breeze flowing through the dunes.  On top of one of the larger dunes, I captured the patterns of the sand as the dunes drift into one another, creating a path to the distant Sangre de Cristo Mountains.   Beyond the far peaks, the rising sun illuminates the cloud bank with a yellowish-orange tint. - Colorado Photograph
Still and peaceful, Dream Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park reflects an image of the majestic Hallett Peak while it glows red with the light of the rising sun. - Colorado Photograph
On a cold day in mid-May, the Big Thompson flows through Moraine Park as the first sunlight of the day illuminates the peaks of the Continential Divide. - Colorado Landscape Photograph
On a cold day in mid-May, the Big Thompson flows through Moraine Park as the first sunlight of the day illuminates clouds to the east. - Colorado Landscape Photograph
With only an occasional rustle, sunlight streams down on the forest landscape causing the aspen trees to glow with a golden brillance during the autumn in Colorado. - Colorado Photograph
A lone fallen autumn aspen leaf grasps to a rock as the Big Thompson cascades by. - Colorado Photograph
Unusually calm, Emerald Lake reflects a perfect and symmetrical image of the grand Hallet Peak and Flattop Mountain illuminated with alpenglow.  The only sounds on this quiet morning are the flow of a waterfall across the lake and the chirping of a nearby Steller's Jay. - Colorado Photograph
On a cold day in mid-May, the Big Thompson flows through Moraine Park as the first sunlight of the day illuminates the peaks of the Continential Divide. - Colorado Landscape Photograph
Sunlight illuminates the freshly fallen snow and the trees in the valley while Long's Peak is partially hidden by the blowing snow and clouds. - Colorado Landscape Photograph
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The Majesty of Colorado - Colorado Landscape, Wildlife and Nature Photography

The soft sound of a distant waterfall, the cool morning mist as it rises from a mountain lake, the desolation of the sand dunes, the sun's warm rays as it hits the distant mountain peaks. This collection of scenic landscape, wildlife and intimate nature Colorado photos illustrate my experiences with this wilderness. Please explore these Colorado Nature Photographs by clicking on the thumbnail to view larger. A collection of Colorado landscape photographs, colorado wildife photographs and colorado scenic photographs.