gessman Loc: Colorado

this looks like a fun place to be. Did you go camping in the winter? It looks so cold. Gizzy and I haven't been in that area hope to go out there this spring. When is the best time to miss rain, too hot, to cold, snow? lol like your pictures[/quote]

Thank you. It is a wonderful place to commune with nature and do photography, fish, hike, camp, you name it. You usually can't figure on even getting into there until early May and want to be out by September 1st. The second summer we spent there we stayed too long and got socked in by a pretty good storm but you can wake up to snow about any morning except in July and August and it occasionally occurs even in those months. It's not real high in altitude, just over 12,000 ft at the highest but for some reason it attracts a good bit of snow. Rain, it would seem, would be a problem but it isn't nearly as bad as one might imagine given the amount of snow. It doesn't get real hot in summer. There's not much humidity so you don't feel the heat so much. It's an amazing place. I think you'd love it.

DixieLee Loc: Southern IL

First one by crazy horse in B&W, and #6 and #7of yours in B&W. I have to do a B&W for Lakeland Photo show. So I have been trying to see in black and white.

DixieLee Loc: Southern IL

Thank you. It is a wonderful place to commune with nature and do photography, fish, hike, camp, you name it. You usually can't figure on even getting into there until early May and want to be out by September 1st. The second summer we spent there we stayed too long and got socked in by a pretty good storm but you can wake up to snow about any morning except in July and August and it occasionally occurs even in those months. It's not real high in altitude, just over 12,000 ft at the highest but for some reason it attracts a good bit of snow. Rain, it would seem, would be a problem but it isn't nearly as bad as one might imagine given the amount of snow. It doesn't get real hot in summer. There's not much humidity so you don't feel the heat so much. It's an amazing place. I think you'd love it.[/quote]

sounds great, Gizzy hasn't been out west at all it is so fun just to watch someone see something new for the first time that is so beautiful.

Tea8 Loc: Where the wind comes sweeping down the plain.

Great pics everyone! :thumbup:

gessman Loc: Colorado

sounds great, Gizzy hasn't been out west at all it is so fun just to watch someone see something new for the first time that is so beautiful.[/quote]

There was, maybe still is, a highly known and respected photographer named Wuench, I believe, who's work I admired for years and one year a while back he was featured in an article in one of the major magazines and was asked his favorite places to go to photograph. This are was one of his top 10 places in the world and, as they say, my shirttail didn't hit my b__t 'til I was there. That's how I found out about it. It's worth the trip. My pictures leave a lot to be desired but the place is beautiful. I've got a big box of film shots from there - just haven't scanned them in yet. The snow in those shots were freak events except a couple of them when we got caught in late summer. In July and August you won't need to worry about the weather as a normal course of events. It's great. There, elk, deer, fox, moose, bear, big cats. The bear I've just added was from there. Caught him raiding a dumptser during that period we stayed too long. Some reflections from there: There was, maybe still is, a highly known and respected photographer named Wuench, I believe, who's work I admired for years and one year a while back he was featured in an article in one of the major magazines and was asked his favorite places to go to photograph. This are was one of his top 10 places in the world and, as they say, my shirttail didn't hit my b__t 'til I was there. That's how I found out about it. It's worth the trip. Visit some of my other shots from there - reflections: http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-1878-1.html

gessman Loc: Colorado

Some more from the Snowy Range...

gessman Loc: Colorado

There's plenty of closeup/macro subject matter too like these rose hips...

gessman Loc: Colorado

Here's the approach to Centennial, WY that sits at the gateway to The Snowy Range. They lost their train track a few years back but they have a Mayberry RFD Police car that impedes traffic coming down out of the traffic...

gessman Loc: Colorado

Well, Miss DixieLee, I cannot speak for crazyhorse but feel free to save those of mine and convert and enhance them any way you choose.

JC56 Loc: Lake St.Louis mo.

hey ansel adams...learn to focus......nice post of blown out pics.