2018 was a great year for me in photography. 

I moved back to Lake City, Colorado, and opened a gallery for my photography during the summer. Despite that, I got out a lot; and I took some of my favorite images this year. From the Sandhill Crane Migration, to Yellowstone in the Spring and then onto the San Juan Mountains of Southwest Colorado for the remainder, it was a year filled with nature! You can see a few of my favorite photos below, but if you would like to see them all, then click here.

Moose in a Colorado AutumnMy perfect Colorado autumn scene!

I was watching a cow moose graze by this pond for a bit just willing her to get in the water. I’d never seen a moose in this pond before, but I knew it’d be a great photo. Finally, she did! And I watched her for 15 minutes taking photos, as happy as I am capable of being. Then I heard the crunching of branches and out of those aspens appeared another cow plus calf and a big bull! They proceeded to hop in the pond and pose as the sun lit up the clouds over the La Garita mountains creating just about the most perfect scene I could ever imagine. They stayed for a long time into the twilight allowing me to take a few hundred photos before they were muscled out of the pond by some thirsty cows. A perfect fall night and a new favorite photo set of mine!

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I have to start out with quite possibly my favorite photo I've ever taken from a perfect sunset with four Moose friends this September.

Valley of Goldcolorado

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A valley of Aspens near Lake City, Colorado. 

Winter is Coming

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Wilson Peak near Telluride, Colorado. Slumgullion Sunset

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Lupines on Slumgullion Pass, Colorado  Rainbow over Lake City

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Rainbow over Lake City, Colorado.

  Moon over American Basin

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Moon over American Basin Autumn Window Prints available here
 

Nellie Creek Falls through a window of Fall colors.

La Garitas Moose

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A Bull Moose with the La Garita Mountains at sunset.

Summer in Lake City

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An aerial view of Lake City, Colorado, in the summer. A print of which was donated to the Hinsdale County Museum. 

The Baby Bison at Beryl Spring

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First steps of a Baby Bison at Beryl Springs.
Lightning and Cranes on the Platte

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Hundreds of thousands of Sandhill Cranes migrate through Nebraska every spring, here are a few hundred in a thunderstorm near Gibbon.
Yellowstone Coyote

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A coyote portrait in Yellowstone.
Twin Grizzly Cubs

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Twin Grizzly Bear cubs following their mom through the forests of Yellowstone. 
Mountain Bluebird

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A Mountain Bluebird.

Winter takes holdNorth Clear Creek Falls

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Frozen North Clear Creek Falls.

Curious what my favorite photos where last year or the year before?

2017, 2016, 2014, 2013