This is “Veiled Glory,” another stunning photograph from Erik Stensland, Estes Park, Colo. I love the gleam of moonlight on the lake despite the clouds. Lake Nokoni and Ptarmigan Mountain are in the western part of Rocky Mountain National Park, in an area I’ve never visited. Continue reading Moonset at Lake Nokoni
Estes Park photographer Erik Stensland captures a lot of magnificent images in Rocky Mountain National Park, but my favorites are always the quiet, misty ones where clouds seem to shut out the rest of the world so you can enjoy a private moment of reverie. “Like a Dream” captures Dream Lake on a quiet, cloud-shrouded … Continue reading Dreaming in Rocky Mountain National Park
Estes Park photographer Erik Stensland shot “Dressed in Gold” five years ago, almost to the day, in Rocky Mountain National Park. It’s a reminder of what the park probably looks like this week to those visitors willing to make the drive over longer-than-normal routes. Colorado’s recent floods washed out most of the normal access to … Continue reading RMNP ‘Dressed in Gold’ and ready for visitors
A full moon sets behind the Washington Monument in Washington, DC, in this stunning September 20 photograph from Mark Wilson, Getty Images. Sure, anyone can snap a picture of a full moon. Doing it in a memorable new way like this requires skill, creativity, and planning. Continue reading The full moon as you’ve probably never seen it
There’s always something new to photograph in Rocky Mountain National Park, and Erik Stensland does it better than anyone. He didn’t say exactly where he was when he shot “Last Light at Treeline” on June 25, and I don’t recognize any of the peaks. But that certainly doesn’t lessen my enjoyment of this scene. For … Continue reading New photograph from Erik Stensland
“Twilight Clouds #2” from “A Portrait of the Matterhorn 2009 – ” by Nenad Saljic If you love black-and-white photography and especially if you love mountains, you must see the Matterhorn portfolio of Nenad Saljic. I couldn’t tell you which of the 31 photographs is my favorite. All are magnificent. Reminiscent of Ansel Adams. And while … Continue reading The Matterhorn in black and white
