More Garden of the Gods Photo

Photographer’s Note

We're back in Colorado Springs with a picture of the Garden of the Gods. It's been a while since I've posted from here but fellow TrekEarth member Quantabeh wanted me to post a picture showing more gardens and less rock. This was the best one I could find to fit the bill. I like this shot because you can see the curvy park road making an appearance. Lastly I wanted to see how it looked as a b/w so I posted a workshop of that as well. This was taken around 3pm. If you haven’t seen my other Garden of the Gods shots then I’ll just say this is a free park in Colorado Springs right next to Pikes Peak.
Also here's a link to satellite imagery of this area by Google: Google

supereira, Galmeida, robiuk, Tue, weswang, quantabeh, alainh, Roly, thohau, PixelTerror, jhm, nwoehnl, MvS, aznegrao, ChrisJ has marked this note useful

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weswang (18223) 2005-04-06 20:47

Hi Steve,
A beautiful shot. I do like the garden and the green garden in contrasting with the mountain and the blue sky. Thank for the information about the filter usage. It helps a lot to bring out the details. I like the road all of sudden disappear and come back again. It must be fun to drive on that road. An excellent composition and excellent shot. Well done.

mulder (232) 2005-04-06 22:37

Wow. As this picture was loading (I have dialup, so it was loading top to bottom about 1/2 an inch at a time) these mountains appeared to be but rocks in a field of bushes. Then the road appeared and the immensity of them shot out. Great shot, and great DOV.

Kevin

alainh (35391) 2005-04-07 1:15

hello Stephen.
the happiness of the photographe these formations !!
forms, colours, and a good idea to integrate this graphic road. and always a beautiful sky !!
regards
alain

quantabeh (5203) 2005-04-07 1:16

wow, this one is shockingly well shot!
It is rich in color, composition and content. I must say, every single element here is of value, from the winding road and its edges, to the forest, to the boulders and to the sky, everything is extremely well contrasted!
Great shot. I really liked it.
regards,
Behrang

Roly (1960) 2005-04-07 2:07

Beautiful landscape and great use of the road for the composition. The colors are great and in my opinion the BW image doesn't have the same appeal.

Emile (20177) 2005-04-07 2:14

This is a beautiful place, very good colors with nice contrast. Love the sharpness.
Well done.

thohau (949) 2005-04-07 2:57

Hi Steve!
Another fine shot of the Garden of the Gods! I like your POV and the colourful landscape! I watched your WS - it's a nice alternative. But if you ask me, I prefer the coloured variant!
Cheers, Thorsten

jjbach (9111) 2005-04-07 3:24

Excellent colour constrast between green, blue and brown!! I like the snaky road in the foreground. The sharpness is stunning. Beautiful place, exceelent composition Stephen !!

Regards John

PixelTerror (87159) 2005-04-07 4:06

Hi Steve,
This is another nice and clear rock catch from you, but finally what catches my attention in this photo are the curves of the road I end up trying to follow the yellow line !!!
Have a nice day,
Jean-Yves

cessy (13647) 2005-04-07 4:45 [Comment]

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Leonie (8647) 2005-04-07 6:18

Hi Stephen,
What a great view again..these colours green, red blue are fantastic..the road curve looks cool and dynamic somehow..and the sky is lovely! Congrats!

Léonie

jhm (83742) 2005-04-07 7:25

Hi Stephen,
I like the curving in the road, certain with the three colour lines, the beautiful landscape and great use of the road for the composition, splendid mountain tops.
Excellent picture!
John

alvaraalto (5305) 2005-04-07 8:49

Hi Stephen, more of the garden of the Gods. If the Gods or good it sound great but as they are evil Gods.....
The B&W is nice but no option to me. The colours are too beautiful. I can't miss them here.
groet Rob

nwoehnl (120) 2005-04-07 12:27

Hi Steve. Yes this was one of my favorite places in Colorado in 2003, the color palette of the deep reddish rocks, blue sky and all kinds of vegetation is really priceless and well captured in this photo. The meandering road creates a good lead-in and makes for a fun effect of appearing to be "swallowed" by the scenery.

Mishe (3513) 2005-04-07 14:54

Hi Stephen!
Very beautiful landscape,and very nice geometry of road.If I m questioning,than you can send more of this.
Regards, Mihajlo!

MvS (4163) 2005-04-07 15:34

Stephen.
I won't mention the colours and the fantastic scenery and the great sharpness.

The reason is the fantastic illusion of the road. Just amazing with its yellow center, red borders and the curves!

Thanks,
Magnus

Steft (5962) 2005-04-07 16:45

Wow, you alreay have shown us lots of moutains, but this combination: mountains with a read (maybe nature versus human beings?) is very nice. Roads often give a very nice depth to the landscape, but here it looks very special, because of the lower part in the middle and the higher part of the road by the bottom. I like the way the lines of the road end in the edges of the photo. A favourite of me!

Tue (25608) 2005-04-07 17:38

A very nice picture again! I like the view with all the trees. Beautiful rocks in the background too and I like the road in front! Well done! :-D

PJE (19575) 2005-04-07 20:30

Oh my ..i really really like the road curves in this one. Nice setting with red rock and green as well. A pleasant scene for the eyes.

maurajn (902) 2005-04-07 22:34

The road in the foreground really makes this shot, Steve. Very nicely balanced between the sky, vegetation and the featured rock formations.

cam (8880) 2005-04-07 23:14

That road is making me dizzy.Beautiful to look at.The composition is perfect.
Charles

tityop (6225) 2005-04-08 4:21

Bonjour Stephen,
J'adore l'effet de denivelé de cette route qui s'enfonce dans cette verdure. Les deux grosses roches rougeatres sont tres impressionnantes. c'est absolument superbe !!!
Amicalement Thierry

Kolyamour (1760) 2005-04-08 13:48

This deep looks superb! As well as red rocks against blue sky with beautiful clouds... Composition and colours are great. I like Southwest very much and all pictures of this picturesque region call me to come there again...
Thanks for share.
Nikolay

robiuk (10763) 2005-04-08 17:39

I like the composition, Stephen - it's a classic example of good layered compo.
I also like how colour of road curbs matches the one of the rock formations.
Robi

Galmeida (12559) 2005-04-08 19:49

Excelent work with your angle of view, WZ approach and insight. Good angle of view, excelent contrast and sharpness and a wild nature captured composition at the best possible.

Very well done and my sincerely congratulations with your usual nice and quality works.

Regards Fernando.

Paul57 (1667) 2005-04-08 20:37

Hi Stephen;
What an incredible picture. I have been looking in the past months for pictures of this area and Utah because I will also be going to the states that you have visited.

By the way, I do hope you get to visit the Tetons in Wyoming. I have been there in 2002 and that is why I now wish to visit more of your beautiful country.

supereira (9576) 2005-04-10 8:21

Great shot.I like it a lot!Very good composition and DOF.I like the view.Good colors and contrasts.I like the contrast between the sky and the mountain.Good light and sharpness.Great sky,I like the clouds and blue.I like the road.Good job!

lukkul (510) 2005-04-11 18:11

This photo is excelent in my way of view and also your!

Good point of view, well framed and composed. Excelent
also the contrast, management of light and enquadrement. Very well taken and produced.

A great work world as usual.

Luis

aznegrao (10246) 2005-04-13 19:56

Hi Stephen!!!
Gosto desse angulo expressa com simplicidade um ambiente aprazivel. As curvas da estrada são belas e dinamicas, otimo trabalho.
Um grande abraço.
aznegrao.

ChrisJ (70485) 2009-01-23 23:15

Hi Stephen

I visited this spot late afternoon in November 2008. It's really hard to get a decent shot of this place, & this is a superb wide angled view. Tfs!