Tex-s

The very small school in which I teach has a yearly travel option we call the "Wilderness Trip". 3 years ago our trip went to the Mesa Verde vicinity. We spent a total of 6 days on the road and 5 nights camping at various locations. We visited Mesa Verde, of course, but most of the kids that made the bus trip from west Texas to southwest Colorado counted their favorite moments as the trip from Durango to Silverton and back. We traveled from a drizzly Durango, through a snow flurry at the roadside display where a wearly bus driver needed to stretch his legs. After long days of travel, even the circuitous mountain highway was not entertaining for the kids, until.... we started the winding descent into Silverton. At that moment, all 30 kids on the bus stood up and plastered themselves to the passenger side window to look at rooftops and winding road bed below.

My highlights for the trip, though, were some of the images I captured. Angel Peak in New Mexico, Mesa Verde, Mancos St. Park, Chimney Rock and this one. I had about 5 minutes remaining before the group was to assemble and leave town, and I just snapped this quickly, as the train was about to head out, back to Durango. This crop is set to the dimensions of my laptop display and removes most of the blown out overcast sky, but I made no effort to remove cars or other tourists. That I caught both the engineer and the conductor was a happy accident.

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RichardTaylor Loc: Sydney, Australia

Good one.

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

Nice shot. Love the angle.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

That’s an excellent shot that shows great perspective, leading lines, etc. I’m happy that you didn’t take the people out because their being in the photo gives it a sense of reality.

OneShot1 Loc: Wichita, KS, USA

Love it and love the D&S.

Tex-s

Thanks all.

Jay Pat Loc: Round Rock, Texas, USA

I like the low camera angle!
Pat