{"id":7863,"date":"2018-02-19T00:47:29","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T07:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/?p=7863"},"modified":"2018-02-19T00:47:41","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T07:47:41","slug":"sunny-300-days-of-sunshine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/19\/sunny-300-days-of-sunshine\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunny, 300 Days Of Sunshine&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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 &#8220;Being a Coloradan Means&#8230; 300 Days of Sunshine&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7853\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2104-0008-Sunny-300-Days-Of-Sunshine.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7853\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2104-0008-Sunny-300-Days-Of-Sunshine.jpg\" alt=\"2104-0008-Sunny-300-Days-Of-Sunshine\" width=\"800\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2104-0008-Sunny-300-Days-Of-Sunshine.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2104-0008-Sunny-300-Days-Of-Sunshine-768x534.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7853\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunny, 300 Days Of Sunshine<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Heading down to the Platte River, looking down from the bridge, a couple had just finished taking selfies by the water.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7854\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2104-0027-Couple-By-The-Platte-River.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7854\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7854\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2104-0027-Couple-By-The-Platte-River.jpg\" alt=\"2104-0027-Couple-By-The-Platte-River\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2104-0027-Couple-By-The-Platte-River.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2104-0027-Couple-By-The-Platte-River-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7854\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Couple By The Platte River<\/p><\/div>\n<p>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&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7855\" style=\"width: 542px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2104-0042-Walking-The-Dog-Along-The-Platte-River.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7855\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7855\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2104-0042-Walking-The-Dog-Along-The-Platte-River.jpg\" alt=\"2104-0042-Walking-The-Dog-Along-The-Platte-River\" width=\"532\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7855\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Walking The Dog Along The Platte River<\/p><\/div>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7856\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2104-0048-Sitting-Along-The-Riverside.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7856\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7856\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2104-0048-Sitting-Along-The-Riverside.jpg\" alt=\"2104-0048-Sitting-Along-The-Riverside\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2104-0048-Sitting-Along-The-Riverside.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2104-0048-Sitting-Along-The-Riverside-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7856\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sitting Along The Riverside<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On the other bank, reflections from the sunlit tower block was broken up by ripples on the river.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7857\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2104-0056-Reflections-And-Ripples-In-The-River.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7857\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7857\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2104-0056-Reflections-And-Ripples-In-The-River.jpg\" alt=\"2104-0056-Reflections-And-Ripples-In-The-River\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2104-0056-Reflections-And-Ripples-In-The-River.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2104-0056-Reflections-And-Ripples-In-The-River-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7857\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reflections And Ripples In The River<\/p><\/div>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7858\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2104-0071-Reaching-For-The-Sky.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7858\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7858\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2104-0071-Reaching-For-The-Sky.jpg\" alt=\"2104-0071-Reaching-For-The-Sky\" width=\"800\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2104-0071-Reaching-For-The-Sky.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2104-0071-Reaching-For-The-Sky-768x523.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7858\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reaching For The Sky<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This corner of the apartment building had one room looking out over the station. This was in striking contrast to the deep blue sky.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7859\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2104-0078-Room-At-The-Top.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7859\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7859\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2104-0078-Room-At-The-Top.jpg\" alt=\"2104-0078-Room-At-The-Top\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2104-0078-Room-At-The-Top.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2104-0078-Room-At-The-Top-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7859\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Room At The Top<\/p><\/div>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7860\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2104-0080-Looking-Through-The-Fence.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7860\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7860\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2104-0080-Looking-Through-The-Fence.jpg\" alt=\"2104-0080-Looking-Through-The-Fence\" width=\"800\" height=\"524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2104-0080-Looking-Through-The-Fence.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2104-0080-Looking-Through-The-Fence-768x503.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7860\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking Through The Fence<\/p><\/div>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7861\" style=\"width: 543px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2104-0086-Reflections-In-Red.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7861\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7861\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2104-0086-Reflections-In-Red.jpg\" alt=\"2104-0086-Reflections-In-Red\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7861\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reflections In Red<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here is another viewpoint of the same red crane.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7862\" style=\"width: 569px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2104-0094-Red-Crane-Reflection.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7862\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7862\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2104-0094-Red-Crane-Reflection.jpg\" alt=\"2104-0094-Red-Crane-Reflection\" width=\"559\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7862\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Red Crane Reflection<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Let&#8217;s see what tomorrow&#8217;s snow forecast looks like&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &#8220;Being a Coloradan Means&#8230; 300 Days of Sunshine&#8221;. Heading down to the Platte River, looking down from the bridge, a couple had just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1353,10,1109,63,422,273,1474,155,1473,28,1472,938,460],"class_list":{"0":"post-7863","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-general","7":"tag-apartment","8":"tag-blue","9":"tag-blue-skies","10":"tag-denver","11":"tag-downtown","12":"tag-fence","13":"tag-offices","14":"tag-platte-river","15":"tag-red-crane","16":"tag-reflections","17":"tag-sunny","18":"tag-union-station","19":"tag-weather"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pMatQ-22P","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7863"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7865,"href":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7863\/revisions\/7865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}