A View Looking North Near Boulder, Colorado

In mid-August, 2010, I squeezed in a brief trip to Colorado to visit family and friends, and to do a little hiking. A friend from Denver and I made an afternoon trip to Boulder and hiked in Chautauqua Park into the foothills east of the Flatirons. On our way back to the car, I was enthralled by the incredible cloud forms in the sky ahead of us (to the north). I loved seeing the path before us and the beautiful mountains in front of us as we made our way back downhill towards Boulder. I decided I needed to capture this place at this moment with my camera. I wanted to include the cool-looking clouds, the distant mountains and the path trailing away. I like the wonderful shades of green and blue in this photo, as well as how the path and the clouds lead me visually into the middle ground where the mountains and the greenery of Boulder become the focal point. Unfortunately, the size of this and the other photos on this web page do not really do the images – or the actual atmosphere I tried to capture through these images – justice.