View of the Mount Herard (Elevation 13.353 ft), Sangre de Cristo Range. - Great Sand Dunes National Park, Mosca, CO
"Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous."
~ Leonardo da Vincinaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Winter in Genesee Park- Chief Hosa, Genesee Park, CO
"These are the seasons of emotion
And like the wind, they rise and fall
This is the wonder of devotion"
~ Songwriters: Jimmy Page / Robert Plantnaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Antelope Light Arch ~ Antelope Canyon (Upper)
"Light glorifies everything. It transforms and ennobles the most commonplace and ordinary subjects. The object is nothing, light is everything."
~ Leonard Missonenaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Coyote - Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge, CO
"Work in the invisible world at least as hard as you do in the visible."
~RumiCoyoteRocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife RefugeCOnaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Burrowing Owl
"For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love."
~ Carl Sagannaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Pronghorns- Bennett, CO
“If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you.”
~ Fred DeVitoPronghornsBennettCOnaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Silver Aspen- McClure Pass, Near Marble, CO
"Keep an obedient heart before nature. She is the master above all other masters. Nature is the concrete manifestation of all that remains true and sublime."
~ Charles Philip Brooksaspenmarblecomcclurepassnaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Flying Bald Eagle Over Rocky Mountain Wildlife Refuge, CO
"Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved."
~ William Jennings BryanBald EagleRocky Mountain Wildlife RefugeCOnaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Japanese Maple Tree - Portland Japanese Garden, OR
“Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.”
~ Henry David Thoreau, Waldennaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Arrowhead Golf Course - Roxborough State Park, Littleton, CO
“Only as high as I reach can I grow
Only as far as I seek can I go
Only as deep as I look can I see
Only as much as I dream can I be”
~ Karen Ravnnaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
American Bison ~ Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge Commerce City, CO
What is man without the beasts?
If all the beasts were gone, man would die from a great loneliness of spirit. For whatever happens to the beasts, soon happens to man. All things are connected.
~ Chief Seattle of the Duwamish Tribenaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Baby Mountain Goat ~ Mount Evans Wilderness, CO
"An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language."
~ Martin Bubernaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Pronghorns - Bennett, CO
"In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous."
~AristotlePronghornsBennettCOnaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Fierceness ~Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh,India
"Time is the substance from which I am made.
Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river;
it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger;
it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire."
~ Jorge Luis Borgesnaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Elk - Trail Ridge Road, RMNP, CO
"Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you
realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you."
~Lao Tzunaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Rocky Mountain Sheep Family - Mount Evans Wilderness, CO
"If you can reach out and touch and love and be with wildlife, you will forever be changed, and you will want to make the world a better place." ~ Terri Irwin
naturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Mount St. Helens Volcano's Crater, ~ Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, WA
"All Nature's wildness tells the same story: the shocks and outbursts of earthquakes, volcanoes, geysers, roaring, thundering waves and floods, the silent uprush of sap in plants, storms of every sort, each and all, are the orderly, beauty-making love-beats of Nature's heart."
~ John Muirnaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Grand Teton - Grand Teton National Park, WY
"Only as high as I reach can I grow
Only as far as I seek can I go
Only as deep as I look can I see
Only as much as I dream can I be"
~ Karen Ravnnaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Veil of Mystery - White Pocket, Vermillion Cliff National Monument, AZ
"The desert wears... a veil of mystery. Motionless and silent it evokes in us an elusive hint of something unknown, unknowable, about to be revealed. Since the desert does not act it seems to be waiting -- but waiting for what?"
~ Edward AbbeyWhite Egret ~ Sanibel Island, FL
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."
~ Leonardo Da Vincinaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Great Blue Heron - Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, CO
“Stillness is the most powerful virtue against all odds in life.”
~ Aditya AjmeraGreat Blue Heroncoloradonaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenver
Golden Eagle Taking Off
"Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead."
~ Louisa May Alcottgoldeneaglenaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Bald Eagle - Rocky Mountain Wildlife Refuge, CO
"Be fearless in the pursuit of your dreams; do not hesitate to chase after the things that set your soul on fire."
~ Unknownbaldeaglenaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Golden Eagle
"Discarded lay all the dreams
In the bin of unwanted things
Till you came and set them free
And, to soar, gave them wings…”
~ Neelam Saxena Chandragoldeneaglenaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
American White Pelican
"Oh soul, you worry too much. You have seen your own strength. You have seen your own beauty. You have seen your golden wings. Why do you worry?"
~ Rumipelicanbouldercoloradonaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenver
Bald Eagle Ice Fishing
"I am a free spirit…either admire me from the ground or fly with me…but don't ever try to cage me.”
~ Unknown.baldeaglenaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Mount Sopris's Twin Summits -Carbondale, CO
"It's just a spring clean for the May queen
Yes, there are two paths you can go by
But in the long run
There's still time to change the road you're on
And it makes me wonder
………"
~ Led Zeppelin (Stairway to Heaven)naturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Mesa Arch Sunrise - Canyonlands National Park, UT
“Sunrise looks spectacular in the nature; sunrise looks spectacular in the photos; sunrise looks spectacular in our dreams; sunrise looks spectacular in the paintings, because it really is spectacular!”
~ Mehmet Murat ildanMesa ArchSunriseCanyonlands National ParkUTnaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Reflection of Mount Wilson (14,246') and Wilson Peak (14,017'') - Lizard Head Pass, CO
“I breathe in...
…..
I gaze...
Across the turquoise ocean
Where the waves
Liberate my spirit...
From its shell
…….
breathe in...the silence
Of my own heart
Aching with tenderness...
With memories..
Of home
~ Sanober Khan, A touch, a tear, a tempestCO1766naturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Mount Sneffels (14,157') Reflection, San Juan Mountains Range, CO
"In a mirror is where we find a reflection of our appearances, but in our heart is where we find the reflection of our soul."
~ Unknownouraytelluridecoloradonaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenver
Mount Wilson (14,246') and Wilson Peak (14,017'') Lizard Head Pass, CO
Ooh, it makes me wonder
Ooh, it makes me wonder
……….
It's just a spring clean for the May queen
Yes, there are two paths you can go by
But in the long run
There's still time to change the road you're on
And it makes me wonder
~ Led Zeppelin (Stairway to Heaven)
Songwriters: Jimmy Page / Robert Plantnaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Snowy Lone Tree
"The pure air and dazzling snow belong to things beyond the reach of all personal feeling, almost beyond the reach of life. Yet such things are a part of our life, neither the least noble nor the most terrible."
~ Frederick Soddytreesnownaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Japanese Maple Tree - Portland Japanese Garden, OR
"Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to make you wonder in the shape of a tree, the trembling of a leaf."
~Albert Schweitzernaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Wahclella Falls, Columbia River Gorge, OR
“Emerald slopes became so tall they touched the clouds, and showers painted diamond waterfalls that sluiced down cliff sides.”
~ Victoria Kahler, Capturing the Sunsetnaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Aspen Blaze - Castle Creek Road, Aspen, CO
"Autumn burned brightly, a running flame through the mountains, a torch flung to the trees."
~ Faith Baldwinaspencoloradonaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenver
Bristlecone Pine
"The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness."
~ Dalai LamaBristleconePineMt EvansWildernessCOnaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Sunflower Field, CO
"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. It's what sunflowers do."
~ Helen KellerCO1524naturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Simplicity
"In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity."
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellowgrassesnaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Dreamy Tea Rose
"I keep my simplicity in my soul
Spread over me like a clear sky
Reflecting all that I am
And all that’s ever passed me by"
~Sanober Khannaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Angel's Wing - Antelope Canyon (Lower), AZ
"We are, each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another."
~ Luciano De CrescenzoAntelope CanyonAZPhotographermohammed hussainmohammedhussainnaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Glimmering Hope - Antelope Canyon (Upper), AZ
"A shadow is never created in darkness. It is born of light. We can be blind to it and blinded by it. Our shadow asks us to look at what we don’t want to see.
~Terry Tempest WilliamsAntelope CanyonAZnaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
American White Pelican
“A wonderful bird is the Pelican.
His beak can hold more than his belly can.
He can hold in his beak
Enough food for a week!
But I'll be darned if I know how the hellican?”
~ Dixon Lanier Merrittnaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado
Ferruginous Hawks
“The wings of transformation are born of patience and struggle.”
~Janet S. Dickensnaturephotographerwildlifephotographerwildernessphotographerwildearthphotographydenvercolorado