Nice pictures! You need to get a SLR with a very wide lense if you want to capture more of the surrounding landscape. That said I would love to visit that part of Colorado and do some hiking!
On Jul 20, 2:31 pm, [email protected] wrote: > ENTS,WNTS, > > The attached images reflect an infinitesimal fraction of dune moods and > patterns to which the eye is treated in a scene that unfolds each day from > dawn to dusk. These are all images that were taken with my little iPhone > camera. > > 1. S-BlendedEcosystems: This image was taken at the edge of the dunes. The > unrelenting battle between sand and vegetation is featured here against the > backdrop of the massive 13,294-foot Mt. Herard. Clouds spill over Medano Pass > to heighten one viewscape. > > 2. S-Footprintsinthe Sand: All sand prints are ephemeral. One walks into and > out of the dunes, looking back to see the lingering trace of one's presence. > The physical manifestations of that presence pass to be replaced by others, > and so on. The only constant of the dunes is change. > > 3. S-LookingBack: When in the dunes, one's attention is drawn first to > micro-patterns then macro-patterns, and back. The boldness and expansiveness > of this extraordinary landscape first captures ones imagination, followed by > the heart, and then the soul. There is more here than can be absorbed in an > hour, day, year, or century. Some parts change in the blink of an eye. Other > parts seem eternal. > > 4. S-Sandscapes: There are no dull moments spent in dune wanderings. Sudden > changes brought by windy gusts; shifting patterns highlighted by the dancing > interplay of light and shadows; cresting a high dune to be confronted by a > still higher one; it all unfolds in an endless expanse. But there is a > constant. It is the ever bold backdrop of the lofty Sangre de Cristos. I > could never tire of the dunes. > > Bob > > S-BlendedEcosystems.JPG > 877KViewDownload > > S-FootprintsintheSand.jpg > 85KViewDownload > > S-LookingBack.jpg > 72KViewDownload > > S-Sandscapes.JPG > 69KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
