dallas divide

I drove over Lizard Head Pass to catch some lightning, unfortunately that did work out so well. I got caught up in a lightning storm with strikes coming down all around me and there was no way I was able to get out of the truck to get any shots. I ended up staying the night in Durango and...

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I was headed to the bank early Thursday morning, drooling over the magnificent cloud cover and running people off the road the whole way. It just so happens I had my camera gear with me, so after stopping at the bank I decided to drop down to Ridgeway. I'm so glad I did, I was able to get some...

This was at the end of some really great wildflower backpacking trips in SW Colorado, I ran up to Dallas Divide for the sunset. I never cease to be amazed at how no one is ever there to photograph it seems except for Fall Colors. In the fall it will be a madhouse there with 50 to 60 people at...

So I left my daughters the day before my birthday so that I could wake up to snow in SW Colorado. So I camped out up at Dallas Divide. It was supposed to snow overnight, but it ended up only snowing a bit. But about an hour after sunrise the snow storm came in and hit. I got some cool shots of...

This was from a month ago up at Dallas Divide in SW Colorado. It's getting late in the Milky Way season with the Milky Way being more vertical then horizontal, which to me is my least favorite position for it. In this case with the partly cloudy sky and liked how they interacted with the Milky...

This morning up at the Dallas Divide in Colorado had a really cool small storm cell getting some sunrise/early morning light. Taken with the Sony A6400 and edited on the iPhone to upload here. All comments are welcome, Jim

The color was not great at sunrise, but shortly after the sun started hitting the clouds and giving a nice soft gold tone to a lot of the clouds. It made for a very pleasant morning. This is from Dallas Divide in Colorado, from a week ago. All comments are welcome, Jim

The forecast had been for clear skies at sunrise but you just never know. Camping out in my Jeep in 0 degree weather can get a bit chilly. My iPhone despite being plugged in died, my key fob for the jeep must have died also as the alarm went crazy as I tried to open the door of my jeep in the...

This is one from last fall at the Dallas Divide in SW Colorado by Ridgway. I came back to a stormy sunrise and got some pretty cool light. All comments are welcome, Jim

From back in SW Colorado at the Dallas Divide, while I missed snow on the peaks I did like the late afternoon sun with the contrasts it then provided on the mountains. The few clouds floating lazily through the scene seemed to compliment everything well. All comments are welcome, Jim

This was before the sun poked it's head through the very small hole on the horizon at Dallas Divide in the San Juan Mountains of SW Colorado. It was dark, very dark out still and the clouds were moving up in the sky pretty fast so I decided to put the 10 stop ND on to make it even darker so I...

This is from a few weeks back up by Dallas Divide in the San Juan Mountains in SW Colorado. It was one of those totally thick cloudy and rainy mornings, the kind where you think there is no point in photographing as it will be too cloudy. And then you go out to photograph anyway. :) So out I...

This was from the stormy morning that brought the first dusting of snow to the San Juan Mountains in SW Colorado and to Mt Sneffels. Woke up to it raining/snowing and very overcast with the mountains being blocked from view up on the Dallas Divide off Hwy 62. I didn't get out to shoot at first...

Just completed my second trip this season to Southwest Colorado for "chasing the colors and light". This is the first image I processed, a panoramic shot from Dallas divide this morning. #autumn #fall #colorado#coloradofall #dallasdivide It was great see Amy, Dean, Bart and Jim there!

In winter white at sunrise, this is from the real Dallas Divide. The parking area and view spot that 99% of all people stop at and shoot from, really isn't the Dallas Divide. It's close, but the real Dallas Divide is just a bit further up the road. Another winter scene with the spiraling type...

This view is not far from the Dallas Divide where most people shoot. And while I do like the Dallas Divide location myself, I like to change it up a bit once in a while. This is one of those nice quiet mornings where there is no one else around. It will be in sharp contrast to just 2 weeks from...

The San Juan mountain range is an area in Colorado that I have really come to love. It's great because I have been able to get some photography work there also with several clients. But it's my love for that area that has been driving me (and my jeep) to go and spend time there 4 times a year...