A birthday trip to the Western Slope of Colorado this spring. As long as I have lived here in Colorado, there are still so many areas to explore. Colorado National Monument was one such area, that after years of driving by it, we finally planned a trip specifically to see it.
And spring was the perfect time to visit, with few crowds and milder temperatures. The scenery wasn’t too bad, either.
If you are a frequent traveler through Denver International Airport (DEN), you may notice the many rotating art displays, including various photography shows. For their latest photo exhibit, My Colorado: Architecture, a photo of mine (previously shared in my newsletter) was selected.
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March weather in Colorado can go from one extreme to the other and this past month was no exception. It was one of the snowiest on record and yet we enjoyed 70+ degree days.
Here are a few photos from March, including a foggy morning at Chatfield State Park after a snow, and birds on a warm afternoon at Crown Hill Park in the suburbs of Denver.
Snowy scenes from around Denver.
It’s been a dry year, so when the snow began to fall recently, it was time to get out and photograph. This series was all taken at night to capture as clean of snow as possible. Plus, it’s easier to stand in the middle of the street for long periods of time without being ran over :).
This week the warm weather is returning, but with March historically being Colorado’s highest precipitation month, hopefully there will be more opportunities to come.
Bison in an early season snow from last fall. I went out that morning in the falling snow not sure what I may find and was delighted when I found a bison herd, easily accessible and in the trees which provided some different photo compositions than I normally take of bison.
Since these photos were taken, Denver has been incredibly dry. While the nice weather has been welcomed at times, hopefully the next couple of months provide additional snow-coated photographic opportunities.
