Photographer in Colorado

Leaving the office, I stopped past the exhaust fan outlets from the underground parking garage, to be greeted by…

... A Smiling Moose

Near the light rail station is the new office building.

A Different Perspective

The office building is at top left. Bottom right is a tower with video display panels. At night the tower is lit by strip lighting.

Fountains At Dusk

These fountains are lit by underwater lights at night. The lights had recently been switched on. The underwater lights are placed below the fountain jets.

Fountain Jet in Red

The lights sequence through various colors, red, blue, green and shades in between. Here are the blue jets.

Fountain Jet in Blue

Looking up towards the blue sky, the moon was revealed behind passing clouds.

Blue Sky, Clouds, Moon and Street Lamp

The station plaza and new office building is surrounded by street lamps, similar to the one above. The light emits from the top of the pole, reflecting in the plate to illuminate the plaza below. Neat.

Snow from that big snow storm has started to thaw. These cones have lied down to rest.

Sleeping Cones

The snow has melted in the gardens to reveal underlying textures. Patterns come to life when rendered in monochrome.

Garden Patterns, Arapahoe Station

Adjacent to the station is a recently completed office building. This always looks blue. The building is actually silver but reflects the blue sky. This morning there was a hint of clouds remaining.

Blue Building and Blue Sky

The thaw and freeze of the snow caused ice to form as puddles of water froze in depressions. Patterns in the ice are always interesting.

Ice Patterns in the Mud

This week, we had one of our coldest days of the year. Ok, the year was only 7 days old! I commute to work on the light rail system. By the parking garage at DU, several bicycles are parked overnight, or perhaps, earlier in the morning. It had snowed during the night leaving the bicycles covered with a layer of snow.

Bicycle In The Snow, DU Station

The bike would have been chilly to ride.

A Chilly Ride!

Just by the Arapahoe/Village Center station are these fountains. They have been in operation for a just a few weeks. During the winter, the pressure was reduced, probably to reduce the spray and ice formation. There have been a few days when the fountains were totally iced up.

Fountains, Village Green

This morning, the water jets picked up the color of the rising sun.

Later in the day, on the return trip, I noticed the patterns cast by the colored panels of the benches. I don’t often see these patterns. I made this image seconds before the train pulled into the station.

Sunlight, Arapahoe Station

The final image from New Year’s day was made just after leaving the Platte River. There are several old buildings, constructed of brick and mortar,  in the Denver metro area. I spotted an old factory with a tall chimney that showed some promise. The building was not easily accessible… another time maybe. Along the way, I found this “Stop” sign nearby an auto body shop.

Please STOP... or else.

Perhaps there is a message here?

The New Year’s day shoot later saw me down by the Platte River. The geese (Canada) got there before me.

The geese got here first.

This leaf got crushed, but survived the ordeal. The geese were no where to be seen.

Crushed by the geese.

So I decided to leave my mark in the snow before the geese came back.

So I left my mark!

Here is another reminder of a Colorado winter’s day.

Reaching for the sky.

Yo.

So Project-52 has started. Today was a typical Colorado winter sunny day. We still have snow and ice lying around from the Christmas snow storm. This afternoon, I meandered down to the Englewood light rail parking lot and wandered around the city center. Some signs of New Year’s celebration soon appeared.

Remains of New Year's revelry.

And here is the rest of the party!

Here are the missing fragments.

Wandering around some more… and found these sculptures.

Big SLICES of water melon?

Right up close, these pebbles were crushed.

Crushed by the slice.

Let’s see what’s hiding behind.

Behind the slice.

Exploring some more, I found this sculpture, swaying gently in the slow breeze.

Blue Eyes.

Here is another view.

Blue eyes in the sky.

Back to the light rail station. Here there are several bike storage lockers and bike rack.

Where's my wheel?

Looks like someone is missing a wheel. That one bike is not getting very far. Close by, an interesting feature was revealed.

Three buttons.

I spent more time photographing this afternoon. That can wait until another time. That’s all for now.

Best wishes to everyone for 2010.

This morning, Angela asked “I wonder what 2010 will be like?” To which I replied “It will be a Fun Year!” She commented that “That is a positive outlook”.