Colorado Road Trip
My Droidx captures the road through the RV windshield. To create this montage, I added a section of map showing our route and a couple of textures.
Posts from the ‘Travel’ Category
Oct 15
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Oct 14
Red Mountain Mining Camp
My Oct 3rd blog post incorrectly identified this area as Red Mountain Ghost Town. Although this area was part of the Red Mountain Mining complex, it is actually an abandoned mining camp that was inhabited up until the early 70s. The camp is located just off the road at Red Mountain Pass above Ouray. To give the image an aged feel, I added 3 textures.
Oct 13
Ring Muhly
When I saw the first grass ring, it reminded me of the rings we sometimes see in our desert. Old fire rings will cause plants to concentrate around the rocks forming the ring. Because the rings we saw in the Great Sand Dunes were so numerous and so close together, I suspected something else must be causing it to grow this way so I asked the ranger about them. I learned the grass is Ring Muhly which grows in a tight ring forming a well, of sorts, in the middle to catch rainwater. Pretty amazing survival tactic! CLICK HERE to read about it and see more plants from that area.
Oct 12
Gunnison Eateries
Finding a restaurant with really healthy food can be a challenge on the road so we typically never eat out. Occasionally, though, we find exceptions such as The Bean Coffehouse and Eatery in Gunnison, Colorado. Delicious and definitely worth a stop whether you’re health conscious or not!
DroidX shot of The Bean through Chris’ Mountain Bike
Oct 10
Oak Creek Reflections
The reflected colors are from the sky, red rocks and Sycamore trees.
Oct 9
Fall Impressions
These Aspen tree abstracts were created by moving my camera during the exposure.
Oct 8
More Last Dollar Road
DroidX capture of Last Dollar Road with a little texture added.
Oct 7
Red Barn
This great shaped barn was made of red metal. I would have loved some close-ups of the texture, seams, nail heads, etc. but unfortunately it was on private property. I applied a couple of textures to give it a kind of postcard look.
