Hot Dog

Coney Island Hot dog stand just outside of Bailey Colorado.

Fall Color at Twin Cone Road

Great Sand Dunes #4

Last of the series. Next we move on to weird Colorado.

Great Sand Dunes #3

Great Sand Dunes #2

Shot from the eastern side of the dunes in the late afternoon.

Great Sand Dunes Trifecta

Sand, fall color, and snow. Shot from the eastern side of the 
dunes about 2 miles along the Medano Pass Primitive Road.

Fall Colors in Colorado #2: Reflections

Reflection of turning Aspens in a beaver pond along the Twin 

Cone Trail, near Kenosha Pass Colorado. Made this shot yesterday, 

the trees were already well past peak color. This is my second 

attempt at this shot. I was not satisfied with last year's attempt. 

Fall in Colorado #1

Fall colors along the road to Breakneck HWY 5, south of FairPlay Colorado.

Local Art

Colorado Springs Veteran Memorial

Red, White & Blue

Balloon Art #3

Balloon Art #2

Balloon Art

Night bloom

As the evening fell, the bloom slowly unwrapped with the night.

X-wing fighers

A friend invited me to watch him play a Star Wars themed 

miniatures game. Took the opportunity to try shooting the miniatures. 

Had difficulty with the really narrow depth of field on the closeups. 

More balloons

Inflation

Aborted Balloon Launch

Early Sunday morning at the Colorado Balloon Festival. We got there at sunrise to watch the launch, but the winds came up shortly after they started to inflate the balloons, so they never launched.

Concessionaire

Ghost lights

People wore glow sticks which outlined their bodies in interesting ways. 

Ghost ATM

Other things to shoot ...

... when it is too windy at the balloon festival. 

Balloon lighting without balloons

Traditionally every night of the festival they conduct a balloon lighting, where they inflate the balloons and light them up with their burners. This year the winds were too strong to put out the balloons, but the operators decided to provide a light show anyway. 

Colorado Balloon Festival

This is the last of the annual Colorado Balloon Festivals. Every Labor day the Balloon Festival was held at Memorial Park in Colorado Springs. Due to persistent high winds this year's festival was pretty much a bust. But I was still able to get some interesting photos. More to come through the week.