I got back home a few days ago from a fantastic trip to Colorado. I’d headed west to photograph wildflowers. Over the years I’ve seen so many photographs of fields of wildflowers leading up into the mountains, that I just had to go see (and photograph) them.
Prior to this trip, I really hadn’t spent much time in Colorado – I’d changed planes in Denver and attended a conference just outside the city. I had no idea just how spectacular the landscapes I was going to be seeing were.
The photos in this first Colorado Wildflower post are the big landscapes. It was incredible to see acres of wildflowers – leading up to the treeline – the rocky faces of the mountains above – and finally the amazing bright blue skies.
These four photo were all taken in the Gunnison National Forest outside of Crested Butte. I think it’ll be easy for you to see why I fell in love with the area.
(c) 2010 Patty Hankins
(c) 2010 Patty Hankins
(c) 2010 Patty Hankins
(c) 2010 Patty Hankins
This last photo is from Yankee Boy Basin outside of Ouray.
(c) 2010 Patty Hankins
I’ll be posting photos of some of the individual wildflowers I photographed over the next few days. But first I wanted to give you an idea of the spectacular landscapes I was photographing in.
Most of these photos are quick edits that I did while I was on the road and posted to Twitter and Facebook. I wanted to make sure that readers of my blog got a chance to see them as well.