Three from the road home.

Heading home from Durango yesterday these Canada Geese lifted off from a frozen marsh at the Monte Vista NWR and rose above the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. I got off a few frames as the light faded ...

Canada Geese, with a backdrop of the Sangre de Cristos

 Blanca Peak Range from the Monte Vista NWR, Colorado

click on the image to expand … it's quite large

 … but not before swinging around to the east and catching the last soft light on the 14,000 foot peaks of the southern Rockies.

Highway 142, Colorado

Of course this land is full of last minute surprises. Thirty minutes after the previous location of the mountains and Canada Geese we were about to cross the Rio Grande on Highway 142 to San Luis. Seeing the sunset in the rear view mirror we pulled over, turned the car west and pointed the high beams straight down the center line and into the sunset. Within a couple of minutes and a couple of dozen frames we were back in the car with the heater blasting … the air out there was not as warm as it looks. Nice shot tho' … worth the cold fingers, toes and noses.


Thanks for looking
Geraint Smith
San Cristobal, New Mexico