Street Performers, Downtown Fort Collins
It has been a month since a last blogged. Here is a little photo shot with the Nikon D800 and a prime 50mm lens. I am starting to get into this street photography stuff. CLG
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A two mile hike
When you visit Rocky Mountain National Park don’t just drive around in your car. Get out and take a little hike. If you take a little two mile hike chances are you are going to come across something truly spectacular. If you get up early in the morning and start your hike, lets say before 7:00 AM, the chances are good it will just be you and mother nature. My friends, if you do such a hike you will experience a happiness and tranquility that will continue to be part of you for many days afterwards. Yes, it is that easy to find fulfillment. I know it sounds corny but it is true. – CLG
Lost in Colorado or a New Memorial Day Tradition
When we lived in Illinois our tradition for Memorial Day was to invite family and a few friends over for a good old fashion cookout. My wife would make bake beans and potato salad and a couple of desserts and I would would have a beer or two while barbecuing anything from hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken to prime rib. It was fun and looking back I have great memories of those times. Then we moved out west and for whatever reason that tradition faded away. Heck, while we are living at this condo we don’t even have a grill. So last Monday we were sitting in the condo trying to figure out what to do for the rest of the afternoon. On some of my previous photo outing I had noticed that some wildflowers were beginning to bloom along the roadside. I commented I thought it would be fun to test out my new D800 in macro mode and to photograph some wildflowers. The wife agreed. We filled up a couple of water bottles, I …
