Photographer in Colorado

Yesterday, we headed down to the Art Students League of Denver in the late afternoon to enjoy the Summer Arts Market. After the market closed for the day, we wandered back along the streets to the car. Passing the Rosebud Cafe, I made this image of the textured brickwork with the geranium plant.

Rosebud Cafe, Walls And Geranium

Adjacent the this plant were the empty table and chairs.

Rosebud Cafe, Table and Chairs

Further down the street, we passed by Waffle Brothers.

Waffles, 90 Washington

Outside, on the sidewalk, these red chairs were waiting for someone…

Red Waffle Chairs

… but both cafe’s were closed for the day!

Crowds of spectators gathered around Larimer and 14th Streets to admire the artwork and artists.

Admiring Spectators

I made this image of the reflections of the crowds in one of the store windows.

Crowd In Reflection

Here is another couple making their artwork.

Couple Creating Their Art

This lady was working on an image of a lion.

Lion Lady

I always like to capture some candid moments of the various artists at the festival.

Artist At Work

This lady caught my attention with here hat and bandana.

Lady With Hat

A vulture was standing guard over a box of pastels.

Vulture And Box Of Pastels

This artist was attending to details in his piece.

Attention To Detail

Once I saw the orange hat, I could not resist making an image of this lady.

Artiist With Orange Hat

The festival was home to several food vendors. Sausages — I could not resist making this image of kielbasa and brats.

Kielbasa And Brats

A stage had been setup of for various bands. This lady was we enjoying the music.

Lady Admiring The Band

That concludes my images from this year’s event.

This weekend was the annual Chalk Arts Festival, in Downtown Denver, on Larimer and 14th. We headed downtown during the late afternoon, after the heat of the day. As usual, there were many artists creating artwork on the street. Here is one of the featured artists.

A Featured Artist

It is hard work creating this artwork, especially on a hot sunny day. Sometimes a reclining posture is required…

Reclining Artist

Colorful boxes of pastels were found everywhere.

Box Of Pastels

Inked up…

Inked Up Respect

These three ladies were working together on this image.

Three Ladies In Pink

The ladies were referring back to their reference image.

Studying The Assignment

Two ladies were working on this picture of a blue flower.

Blue Flower And Chalk

I noticed one lady’s red toe nails…

Blue Feet

And made this image of her toe nails with blue soled feet.

Red Toe Nails And Blue Soles

At the adjacent position, I made this image as the artist was reaching for the next pastel.

Reaching For The Pastel

This artist had all her pastels arrayed out in boxes.

Artist And Her Pastels

More to come.

For the last few weeks, we have had a family of geese nesting on the roof of the adjacent annex building. This is the second year that this pair nested on the roof. “Lucy”, as Leila and Colleen named her, has been sitting on 6 eggs for the last 4 weeks. Yesterday, 5 babies hatchlings emerged from the eggs. Today, the babies were walking around the roof.

“Lucy” And Babies

During the course of the day, several co-workers came visiting to view the geese from our “Grandstand”.

Leila

Here is Colleen, looking out for Lucy’s babies!

Colleen And Becky

A storm passed through during the middle of the day. At about 2pm, DPC Staff and Colleen led the rescue party to help the geese. We had a similar experience last year with Lucy, because the goslings were too small to get off the roof; they had to be rescued last year. By Colleen and Leila at the weekend.

Colleen, Leading The Rescue Party

Father Goose was not pleased. Here he was hissing at the rescue party.

Dad Was Not Pleased

The babies were gathered up in a box and lowered from the roof. DPC Staff were on hand to help with releasing the goslings.

Releasing The Babies

The geese set off to head towards water. Liz helped the smallest gosling, who was lagging behind the others.

Strutting Down The Path

Passing me, the Dad hissed at me.

Dad Hissing At Me!

Here is Liz, with the baby goose!

Liz, With Baby

While the rest of the family headed towards the pond across the road.

Strutting Down To The Pond

Colleen led the geese to the pond. We stopped the traffic to ensure these day old geese safely made it to water.

Colleen, Leading The Geese To Water

Finally, the geese reached the safety of water.

Safe At Last, Thank You

We are sure that they gave us a reluctant “Thank You”.

In late September early October 2017, there were several days of heavy rainfall that caused  extensive flooding in Eastern and South Eastern Iceland. Driving back from Egilstaðir to Saeberg, I passed by the Jökuldalur River. While making images of the river,they did not really give justice to the angry flood waters, so I captured some video clips. Recently, I completed this short video.

In late September 2017, I was traveling to Eastern Iceland. During this trip, there were several days of heavy rainfall that caused extensive flooding. Passing through Egilstaðir, I drove past the airport, which is located close to a river. Flood waters caused the river to rise almost up to the level of the airport runway. I made this image of a bench partially submerged beside the road. In the distance are the airport buildings.

Flooding At Egilsstadir, Airport

Flooding had caused damage to the Circle Highway and one of the bridges in South East Iceland. As a result, the highway was closed to traffic, so I had to turn back. A few days later, I made a return trip, passing the Jokuldalur  River, where I made this image of the flood waters.

Jokuldalur River, Angry River, 2017

In 2015, I passed by the Jokuldalur River. In this image, the river was relatively calm — a stark contrast to the angry flood waters.

Jokuldalur River, 2015

These images do not give  justice to the angry flood waters, so I shot several video clips of the angry river. Keep tuned for more.

This Sunday was a warm spring-like day in Denver. People downtown were enjoying the sunny day before a snow forecast for tomorrow. Close to Union Station is this sign, with a message “Being a Coloradan Means… 300 Days of Sunshine”.

Sunny, 300 Days Of Sunshine

Heading down to the Platte River, looking down from the bridge, a couple had just finished taking selfies by the water.

Couple By The Platte River

After meandering through the Commons area, I returned to the Platte River, where these two bridge pillars were catching the late afternoon sunlight. A few minutes later, this lady was walking her dog. Perfect, just waiting till she was framed by the pillars…

Walking The Dog Along The Platte River

Sitting by the riverside, another lady was watching the river flow past. I found a spot, where the buildings were reflected in the water, for this image.

Sitting Along The Riverside

On the other bank, reflections from the sunlit tower block was broken up by ripples on the river.

Reflections And Ripples In The River

Later, while heading back towards the station, there are rod sculptures, reaching for the sky. I setup the camera among the rods, aiming up the rods for this image.

Reaching For The Sky

This corner of the apartment building had one room looking out over the station. This was in striking contrast to the deep blue sky.

Room At The Top

While crossing the bridge, I stopped near the fence to make an image of the fence posts. Just then, beyond my focus point, two boys moved into the frame to take a peek through the fence. I was lucky to make this image before they ran off.

Looking Through The Fence

The area around Union Station is under extensive construction, with cranes visible on the skyline. In the following two images, I was drawn to reflections of a red crane that contrasted against the blue sky reflected in the buildings windows.

Reflections In Red

Here is another viewpoint of the same red crane.

Red Crane Reflection

Let’s see what tomorrow’s snow forecast looks like…