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The Ghost Towns of Vicksburg & Winfield Colorado

July 30, 2009 By 3 Comments

The Ghost Towns of Vicks­burg & Win­field are located 16 miles north of  Buena Vista on Hwy 24. Make a left on County Road 390. Travel west 8 miles to Vicks­burg & Win­field at 12 miles (from the turnoff). Both towns are located in beau­ti­ful Clear Creek Canyon. There is a river with beaver ponds and a trail­head for Mt Oxford. There are sev­eral camp­grounds along with a num­ber dis­persed camp­sites along the road. The first photo in this gallery is from the Cli­max Mine. The next 4 pho­tos are located north of  County Road 390. The rest where shot at Vicks­burg & Win­field, Col­orado. These ghost towns sprung up from the min­ing in the area dur­ing the 1880s.

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Ghost Towns Of Vicksburg & Winfield Colorado

Map of Vicks­burg & Win­field Colorado

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The Ghosts Of Leadville Colorado in HDR

July 27, 2009 By 1 Comment

The pho­tos in this gallery were shot in and around Leadville Col­orado. Leadville is an old min­ing town set at an ele­va­tion over 10000 feet above sea level. Vis­it­ing the old build­ings around the town bring up thoughts of  ghosts from the 1880’s. Each photo  in this Gallery starts off as 3 sep­a­rate pho­tographs at 3 dif­fer­ent expo­sures  and com­bined with a process called HDR or High Dynamic-Range. This allows one to see the detail in the shad­ows and high­lights. It also has the abil­ity to cre­ate some pretty cool spe­cial effects.

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Ghost of Old Leadville Colorado

For more infor­ma­tion on HDR or High Dynamic-Range pho­tog­ra­phy and the pro­gram I use, Pho­tomatix Pro 3.1, click on the links below!. Pho­tomatix Pro 3.1 is a stand­alone pro­gram and also has Plu­g­ins for Adobe Pho­to­shop  and Adobe Pho­to­shop Light­room 2.


Map of Leadville Colorado

 

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Vail Colorado & The Betty Ford Alpine Gardens

July 16, 2009 By 1 Comment

The Betty Ford Alpine Gar­dens are located in Vail Col­orado at 8200 feet above sea level. This is a great place to pho­to­graph the high moun­tain flowers. Vail also has a huge (ginor­mous) ski area in the win­ter and a great place to visit in the Sum­mer & Fall. There are plenty of activ­i­ties year round. Most of the pho­tos in this gallery were shot at the Betty Ford Alpine Gar­dens. Oth­ers were shot on Vail Moun­tain and at Booth Falls.

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Map of Vail Colorado

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Wildflowers of Westcliffe

July 7, 2009 By 3 Comments

West­cliffe Col­orado is a small ranch­ing town located in a val­ley between the San­gre De Cristo Moun­tains and the Wet Moun­tains. The large amount of rain this spring  has con­tributed to an abun­dance of wild­flow­ers around West­cliffe.  Some of the pho­tos were also shot nearby at Bish­ops Cas­tle,  a strange quirky place in the heart of the Wet Moun­tains.  Kids love hik­ing through the castle.

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Wildflowers of Westcliff Colorado

Col­orado Wild­flower Books

Vol­ume 1: Plains & Foothills (Guide to Col­orado Wild­flow­ers) [Paperback]

Guide to Col­orado Wild­flow­ers Vol. 2: The Moun­tains [Paperback]

Wild­flow­ers of Col­orado Field Guide (Field Guides (Adven­ture Pub­li­ca­tions)) [Paperback]

Colorado’s Newest and Best Wild­flower Hikes: Boul­der, Breck­en­ridge, Col­orado Springs, Den­ver, Fort Collins, Rocky Moun­tain National Park, Vail [Paperback]

 

Map of West­cliffe Colorado

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Bears in a Rockrimmon Tree

July 7, 2009 By 1 Comment

Bears in a Rock­rim­mon Tree in Col­orado Springs

On the morn­ing of 6/30/2009  a friend of mine, Bar­bara called me with a sit­ing of 3 bear cubs and mother bear in a tree in their back­yard.  So I loaded up my photo gear and headed down in hopes of  pho­tograph­ing these bears. The bears were asleep on dif­fer­ent parts of the tree between 30′ to 50′ up. After the cubs awoke they were play­ing and climb­ing   all over the tree while mom was still asleep. After the cubs woke-up their mom they all climbed down to the base of the tree and the 3 bear cubs enjoyed a deli­cious breakfast.

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Nassau Bahamas Underwater

July 6, 2009 By 1 Comment

If you like wreck div­ing you will love Nas­sau, New Prov­i­dence Island in the Bahamas. This area is where movie films such as James Bond’s Thun­der­ball and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea were shot. Some of the pho­tos in this gallery were taken at the plane and ship­wreck sets of  the James Bond movie Thunderball.

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Nassau Underwater

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Around Nassau in the Bahamas

July 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment

The pho­tos in this gallery were taken around the island of New Providence,  Nassau in the Bahamas.  Some of the pic­tures were taken at the Botan­i­cal Gar­dens and Zoo. They have a great col­lec­tion of birds and flow­ers. This zoo is home to the famous march­ing flamin­gos.  The other pho­tos in this gallery were taken on Par­adise Island. This includes a few shots of the Atlantis Hotel and The Clois­ter which is  a 12th cen­tury French stone monastery and gar­dens  imporeted by William Ran­dolph Hearst.

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Around Nassau Bahamas

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