{"id":93,"date":"2013-11-13T04:19:45","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T04:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tadbowman.com\/blog\/?p=93"},"modified":"2017-12-05T22:45:17","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T22:45:17","slug":"2013-colorado-wildflower-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tadbowman.com\/blog\/2013-colorado-wildflower-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"2013 Colorado Wildflower Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"

For some reason this Colorado wildflower season was very similar to last year – both were challenging to find profuse flowers in the mountains. I found some clumps here and there, but nothing like I had seen in years past. I came away with a few photos of some flowers and then some other scenic photos that I enjoyed photographing in the absence of many flowers.<\/p>\n

This photograph depicts a combination of Indian Paintbrush (different colors) and Lupines interspersed with boulders in the White River National Forest.<\/p>\n

\"Colorado,Indian<\/a><\/p>\n

The following photo was a surreal sight. Standing high up in the La Plata Mountains and have clouds swirl around you was amazing. At first I was a little unnerved by the weather thinking it could lightning at any moment. Then the sun broke through the clouds for a brief minute illuminating Diorite Peak.<\/p>\n

\"Colorado,<\/a><\/p>\n

Next this was one of my favorite images from the trip. I was backpacking and was hoping to captures a mountain backdrop reflecting in a lake. I bombed out two days. However, I did find a little stream that captured my interest. I followed it up and saw this cascade and really liked the surrounding. This was taken in the Uncompahgre National Forest<\/p>\n

\"Colorado,waterfall,waterfalls,water<\/a><\/p>\n

This last image is also one of my favorites. I had been interested in photographing Snowmass Peak for several years but never made my way there. This year, I decided that I would do it. Not only was the area around the lake fantastic, but the hike was one of the most enjoyable hikes I had ever been on. Plenty of alpine meadows and majestic mountains.<\/p>\n

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For some reason this Colorado wildflower season was very similar to last year – both were challenging to find profuse flowers in the mountains. I found some clumps here and there, but nothing like I had seen in years past. I came away with a few photos of some flowers and then some other scenic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,11],"tags":[68,3,34,33,47,67,63,41,42,64,43,44,45,16,46,17,62,5,65,66,39,40],"class_list":["post-93","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-colorado","category-unitedstates","tag-colorado","tag-colorado-landscape-gallery","tag-colorado-mountain-photography","tag-colorado-mountain-pictures","tag-colorado-mountains","tag-colorado-wildflowers","tag-diorite-peak","tag-flower","tag-flowers","tag-indian-panitbrush","tag-mountain","tag-mountains","tag-photo","tag-photos","tag-picture","tag-pictures","tag-snowmass-peak","tag-tad-bowman","tag-waterfall","tag-waterfalls","tag-wildflower","tag-wildflowers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t