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Colorado National Monument
© fotobob
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Uploaded: 04/07/05 12:03 AM GMT
Colorado National Monument
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This is a little known part of Colorado and one of least visited parts of the state. For that I am grateful. There is a 23 mile road that encircles the park. The elevation of the road is about 6,000 feet and the floor of the monument is 4,700 feet so you are looking at a 1300 feet drop from where this image was captured. The monolith rising from the canyon floor is named Independence Monument. Just one of the many spires found in this magical setting.
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::Morwyn
04/07/05 1:24 PM GMT
Another of those beautiful places you seem to have in your mountains. I miss the mountains so much. This gives a little back to me.
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This is really one that inspires "Go west, young man", even today!
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Never give a sucker an even break. -W.C. Fields
Magical is right - what a gloriously expansive view. I love shots of canyon country, especially when the colours of the rock are highlighted by contrast with snow. This is bound for the permanent collection :)
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Hello Robert..what a most fantastic photo!! the depth is soooooooooo amazing...you certainlygot the whole persepctive right on!! Colorado has SO much to offer...and you know how to share it with al l of us..thank you for this lovely photo!!
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My part is to improve the present moment.
my camera would have to have a built in heater for me to go up there and take that, more power to ya, Robert...excellent post...
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Barbecue... Barbeque... Bar-B-Que... BBQ... no matter how you spell it. In the South, it's a noun.
another great shot Bob,
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I hold it true that thoughts are things; They're endowed with bodies, breath and wings:
And that we send them forth to fill the world with good results, or ill.
That which we call our secret thought speeds forth to earth's remotest spot, leaving it's blessings or it's woes like tracks behind it as it goes.
We build our future, thought by thought for good or for ill, yet know it not.
Yet so the universe was wrought .
Thought is another name for fate.
Choose then thy destiny and wait, for Love brings Love and Hate brings Hate. - Henry Van Dyke.
Wow! You never cease to amaze, my friend :) All you westerners get the good scenery...
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"Morals, like clothes, change with the fashions, or, perhaps the fashions change to adorn the morals."
Florence Reed
I will give you a wow on this one indeed. Exceptional long range shot and a wonderful way for me to explore without freezing to death. So, thanks for that. ;)
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"The best color in the whole world, is the one that looks good, on you!" Coco Chanel
Put me down for a WOW too.:Pat.
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"What's the earth with all its' art, verse, music, worth--Compared with LOVE, found, gained, and kept?" (Robert Browning)
Fantastic! A great shot! Well done and thanks for sharing your magical part of the world:-)
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This is near Grand Junction, Co yet another place I have lived. Thanks for the memory!
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Capturing for infinity that which only lasts for a short time.
The snow just makes this come alive. I admire how you flowed the picture into the background...the patterns of shaped and tones in the background and the narrow band of clouds give the whole thing a richness you could not have gotten without just a fore- and middle-ground shot. Looks like a square format...was this a Hasselblad?
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4x5 eh? Wow, I'd love to see the detail from that up close. Bet it is way richer than anything the PC can convey. While I like the convenience of digital and the DSLR format is getting better all the time, I still think of 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 and 4x5 as the "real" landscape photo formats.
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I have always loved pictures of Colorado. It is the place that i yearn to go. I'm stuck in the Great Plains.
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Looking over the rock formations to the "Grids" way off in the background and then back to the bushes with the snow and back to the rocks is a long journey and all work together so well.What a magnificent image Bob.
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Very cool and detailed, maybe a bit too detailes. Hurts my eyes a bit. But it is a nice photo and a great scene!
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Amazin!!!
This is a very confusing photo, the rock looks so close, but also very far away at the same time. And the air is so clear, you can see kilometres away from this point. I am looking at this photo for a few days now, and it doesn't tire at all, there is more to see every day. I just love this photo. Please make more beauties like this one.
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Nobody is perfect.
I am glad not to be a nobody
;-)
When I saw this in the top 6 featured images I thought this was of a coastline. The snow looked like seafoam splashing high in the air. It wasn't until I read "Colorado" that I realized I needed to see this in its full size.
Great work.
Great work.
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Whew! What a view. There is a lot of pixels (detail) in this booger. It took forever to download.
Unreal in color, contrast and depth of field. The dusting of snow just caps everything off. A perfect composition. Pat
Unreal in color, contrast and depth of field. The dusting of snow just caps everything off. A perfect composition. Pat
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Stunning. A keeper. Thanks.
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Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends, we're so glad you could attend, come inside, come inside... (ELP)
I grew up in Grand Junction, so seeing this, and many of the other pictures in your gallery, takes me right back home. they're just beautiful. Thanks for sharing them!
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