I learned from a photographer friend, Matt Vincent, that sunset at the equinox is pretty special. You see, here in the west, roads are laid out by strict compass guidelines; east, west, north and south. By looking west at sunset or east at sunrise on the day of the fall or spring equnox, the sun […]
I was out for an evening of photography on the Pawnee National Grasslands the other evening. The stars were out, a brisk wind was blowing, and the quarter-moon was to rise at 11:35 pm. I took lots of shots of the windmill and stars, but my favorite photo came just after the moon appeared. My […]
My friend, Doug Chaney and I ventured out to the Pawnee National Grasslands late one night during a new moon. We were hoping for a clear night, but clouds came in the way. Nevertheless, we found a nice spot in a wind-swept portion of a side road, and set up our tripods. The temperature was […]
I was out early this morning to check out a wind farm I’ve noticed north of the Pawnee National Grasslands on the plains east of Fort Collins. I had no idea that this enterprise was so vast! There are several hundred wind turbines just east of Grover, all gathered to take advantage of the rather constant […]
In late October and early November, sunrise on the plains is a special event. I’ve been to the Pawnee National Grasslands east of Fort Collins twice this week visiting one of my favorite scenes. There’s a working windmill near the Pawnee Buttes overlook, and I always check out the sky behind the windmill before I venture […]
To get to the Pawnee Buttes on the Pawnee National Grasslands, the most commonly traveled gravel road passes by the almost-ghost town of Keota, Colorado. I was out early one summer morning to see what I could see, and found a curve in the road that gave me a view of the Kiota watertower with a beautiful sunrise […]