Memories From the Outskirts of Denver /  by Todd Henson

Colorado sunset in early June

Back in 2012 I visited Rocky Mountain National Park. I stayed in a hotel just on the outskirts of Denver and was fortunate to have some beautiful weather and views of sunset. I share three of those views here.

A view of Denver and the Rocky Mountains at sunset

Evening with a red barn and the Rockies

These views are a reminder to look out the windows of your hotel when traveling. You just might have a view worth photographing.

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Blushing Young Trillium /  by Todd Henson

Blushing Young Trillium

Towards the end of April my father and I were fortunate to visit a location near what appeared to be peak bloom for white trillium (Trillium grandiflorum), a beautiful spring wildflower that is larger than most other spring wildflowers in this area. The forest floor was covered with flowers. It was overwhelming for me as I bounced from one flower to another, trying to find scenes that might make pleasing photographs.

I’m still going through my photos, but today I’m showing the first photo I’ve finished from this day. Instead of focusing on the trillium in full bloom I decided to go with one just opening, and to use as shallow a depth of field as I could, throwing most of the flower and background out of focus.

This particular white trillium has a lot of pink to it. There were a number of flowers with more pink than white in this area. My understanding (possibly wrong) is that they are all still Trillium grandiflorum, just with a range of colorations from white to light pink. Let me know if you know more about them.

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Whispy Dreams of Wild Geranium /  by Todd Henson

Whispy dreams of wild geranium

Spring is a wonderful time for wildflowers, and a wonderful wildflower is wild geranium. I found a lovely example while walking back to the car after a hike with my father. I decided to get down low, resting the camera just about on the ground to explore how the geranium would look set off against the background, with my father standing beside me to shade the flower but not the background, and rotating a little here and there to explore both different views of the flower and of the background. I hope you enjoy the results.

Wildflower fountain

Dreaming of spring

A wildflower daydream

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