It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words, and who doesn’t love a great photography contest? New to Pied Type is the Weather Photographer of the Year contest, sponsored by the Royal Meteorological Society and AccuWeather. Some 7,700 entries were submitted from around the world and winners have already been announced. … Continue reading New: Weather and landscape photo winners
Seeking an escape from unrelentingly awful news, I visited Erik Stensland’s “Images of RMNP.” And as usual I was met with dozens of beautiful shots of Rocky Mountain National Park, “my” park. In “Storm Night” he captured sunset’s glow on a storm over Longs Peak (the highest in the park at 14,259 feet). Like most … Continue reading It’s about the light
Estes Park photographer Erik Stensland probably isn’t thinking about politics when he’s in Colorado’s high country capturing images like this. After all, when you’re in the mountains, they fill your senses, leaving little room for worry or despair. But down under that sea of clouds is a city, a nation, a world in turmoil. On … Continue reading The sun also rises
This photo is among The Guardian’s 20 Photographs of the Week this week. Continue reading Trump picture worth a thousand words
There is peace, quiet, and beauty in Colorado, but these days one has to go to the mountains to find it. This colorful sunset, viewed from Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park, was shot by Erik Stensland. It appears on his Facebook page where he often posts photos that don’t make it to … Continue reading Getting away from it all in Colorado
