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Gallery

Things worth noticing.

in the order they were taken

A growing collection of Colorado nature and wildlife photography — the animals, landscapes, and small details worth stopping for.

A bison grazing in winter grass with a small blackbird on its back — Colorado wildlife photography — No. 27 — The passenger

A meadowlark perched on a dried mullein stalk in winter prairie — Colorado wildlife photography — No. 26 — A song needs a stage

A great blue heron tucked into pale dry cattails — Colorado wildlife photography — No. 25 — A compass

A wren perched on a weathered fence post with an insect in its beak — No. 24 — The wren

A pair of Douglas-fir cones with papery bracts catching the light — No. 23 — Paper tails

A woodpecker silhouetted in a bare dead tree at dusk — No. 22 — Last shift of the day

Cottonwoods in full autumn gold beneath a rocky slope — Colorado landscape photography — No. 21 — Gold rush

A narrow dirt trail disappearing through tall grass — No. 20 — The path keeps going

A top-hatted statue silhouetted against fireworks and smoke — No. 19 — He's seen this show before

A dense thicket of horsetail stems, fine green threadwork — No. 18 — Older than the dinosaurs, still here

A bumblebee buried in the pink bloom of a musk thistle — No. 17 — The bee

One sheep facing four sheep across golden evening grass — No. 16 — The odd one out

Stone sculptures of people gathered around a table on a golden hillside — No. 15 — A conversation that never ends

Rust, gold, and green mineral colors in a wet rock crevice — No. 14 — The colors were already there

Bright green seaweed filling a tide pool channel between rocks — No. 13 — The tide left its hair down

An empty wooden bench facing the sea at dusk, lighthouse in the distance — No. 12 — Front-row seat

A rough-hewn picnic table catching low evening light — No. 11 — Reserved for whoever shows up

A fawn standing among daisies, looking straight at the camera — No. 10 — Caught noticing me back

A spotted fawn on a gravel path, looking back over its shoulder — No. 09 — Second thoughts

Hand-painted FERRY TRAIL sign half swallowed by daisies and brush — No. 08 — Ferry trail

A small burrow entrance in the forest floor — No. 07 — Someone lives here

A road curving through pines toward snow-streaked peaks — No. 06 — The road points to the mountains

A seedling growing inside the hollow of an aspen trunk — No. 05 — Growing in the gap

Buck-and-rail fence in front of an aspen grove — No. 04 — The fence keeps nothing in

Spring aspens lighting up a dark pine hillside — No. 03 — Spring moving uphill

Red-winged blackbird half hidden in bright green reeds — No. 02 — Hiding in plain sight

Cormorants crowded on a half-submerged log in a prairie pond — No. 01 — Standing room only