IntrepidXJ's Adventure Blog

As I was leaving the Colorado National Monument yesterday in the evening, I noticed that the moon lined up nicely between Balance Rock and the cliff next to it. I created two different versions of this photo; one with the rock in silhouette and another version with some detail visible in the rocks. I prefer the silhouette version the best, but I will go ahead and post the other version below. Feel free to let me know which one you prefer in the comments.

I went up on the Uncompahgre Plateau with Jackson yesterday to photograph the sunset. While we were up there I took this panoramic photo of the light on the Little Book Cliffs. This image is made up of five stitched images. It’s been a while since I stitched images for a panoramic photo, and I really like the way this one came out.

This one needs to be viewed large, so click on it for a bigger version!

I headed back up into the Colorado National Monument this evening to get a few photos of Independence Monument since I realized I didn’t have any good ones.

After my successful sunrise at Marlboro Point, I decided to head back to the Colorado National Monument for sunset to see if I could get lucky again. It wasn’t as spectacular as the sunrise, but there was a little color in the passing storm clouds just as the sun went down.

Back in November Jackson and I left work and went out to try and photograph the full moon rising over Mount Garfield and the Little Book Cliffs. Unfortunately, the sky was pretty hazy and we couldn’t even see the moon until it had come up a ways over the top of the Book Cliffs. Of course I still tried to take some photos, but I wasn’t happy with them at the time and never tried to process them when I got home. I actually had forgotten about them until today when I came across the folder on my hard drive. I decided to try processing one of the photos and I actually like the way it turned out in black and white.

I also took a photo of St. Mary’s Hospital with the Book Cliffs in the background while we were up there.

I guess the moral of the story is if you aren’t happy with your photos when you take them, let them sit for a while and revisit them later…maybe you will change your mind!