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A late blooming sunflower drinks in the early morning sun just north of Denver International Airport.

Sought to limit my pallet to primary colors for this pair of early morning sunflowers just north of Denver International Airport.

Caught a fly having his breakfast at the center of an early morning sunflower. The field is just outside the north edge of Denver International Airport. Processed using Skylum Luminar 2018 RAW Develop and Golden Hour presets.

Found an east sloping field of ripening sunflowers in the earlier morning sun. Due to heavy forest fire overcast had to correct RAW files for red haze tint.

Three (near macro) of three in a zoom series of this bloom.

Found an east sloping field of ripening sunflowers in the earlier morning sun. Due to heavy forest fire overcast had to correct RAW files for red haze tint.


Two of three in a zoom series of this bloom.

Found an east sloping field of ripening sunflowers in the earlier morning sun. Due to heavy forest fire overcast had to correct RAW files for red haze tint.


One of three in a zoom series of this bloom.

Slightly different edit of mid-summer afternoon sun peaking between Rocky Mountain peaks and heavy, nondescript overcast to illuminate the Larimer Square Clock Tower along Downtown Denver's 16th Street Mall.

Taken while leaving Colorado Convention Center along Downtown Denver's 16th Street Mall. Heavy overcast and low afternoon sun created interesting light on Larimer Square Clock Tower and adjacent skyscrapers.

From a recent walkabout the neighborhood, this pine bough glows with late afternoon low sun. Strange to go through March with almost no snow here in Denver.

Spawling sunflower fields, just a mile away from Denver International Airport.

I see a climbing man on the branch.
This service berry tree was shocked by near zero temperatures and champagne powder snowfall. 1st frost was over 4 months ago, however, most of the days have been unseasonably warm, which fooled this and many other plants into beginning their spring growth.

The early morning sun is rising behind me, is being reflected off the closest office building, is being reflected off office building windows just to my left, and is finally revealed as the dappled pattern on the windows and wall of the original building.
This was taken with my cellphone camera at a stop sign near Cherry Creek in Glendale, CO.

The high contrast and razor sharp edges of LoDo (LOwer DOwntown) buildings and their shadows caught my eye while walking to Coors Field for a Colorado Rockies game.

The sun sets over the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains and is reflected in the high rise building glass over the LoDo (LOwer DOwntown) section of Denver as viewed from an upper deck at Coors Field.
I took this for the brilliant sunset reflection and the urban environment of lampposts and construction cranes.

Found this image interesting with the early morning sun glancing off a Denver, CO, skyscraper behind shaded trees and bike racks.

After sunrise this sculpture seemed to pop out of a primordial forest.

Dawn sun rays back light the open petals of this 'old' rose in the Denver Museum of Nature and Science rose garden.

Watched the sunrise create a horizon shadow line along the Front Range of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. The circular area in the foreground is a splash fountain for children during the heat of the day; in the mid ground is the lake, its boathouse, and a water jet fountain, with the Denver skyline below the Rocky Mountain peaks.

Made use of tall park trees to frame downtown Denver, CO, during blue hour. Intentionally, cropped out the streetlight in camera, but found the flare added to the image appearing to provide some of the light for the foreground.

Spotted this potential shot while approaching a group of fellow photographers gathered to take blue hour photographs of the Denver skyline against the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. Took several shots from the area where they were gathered, then moved back to catch this image. Was amazed at how few actually moved from their initial set up location to change their viewpoint or perspective.

Ripened heads of native grasses hang heavily along tree shaded, walking path of Highline Canal at Green Valley Ranch Golf Course, Denver, CO

Liked the light and shadow play across the sand trap hazard on the Green Valley Ranch Golf Course, Denver, CO.

Low angle, morning sunlight dramatically lights up a cottonwood tree along walking path in Green Valley Ranch Golf Course and Highline Canal Trail, Denver, CO.

Managed to salvage this rose bush and almost missed the opportunity to photograph the floral world in my own backyard. Allowed the rose bushes to go wild over the last couple years; last fall did major pruning and results are satisfactory for the recovery.
Here, with the late afternoon bright summer sun backlighting the single last rosebud of the year applied diffuse, reflected filler flash to bring out the front petal colors while maintaining the translucence from the sunlight.

Sunflower fields near DIA - a few miles east of E470 on 56th.

Green Valley Ranch Golf Course grounds crew predictably water the fairways of the course at the same time every day. Here the early morning sunlight shines through the sprinkler rooster tail and creates a sharp silhouette and shadows from trees along the fairway. Like the pastel rings around the rising sun, which are the result of applying the "Posterize" function to the basic image.

This little guy posed for almost 15 minutes as I took several versions of him laying in the shallows of a local pond.

Biggest bullfrog in the pond. Calmly watched over me taking shots of him and his buddies at a pond nearby my neighborhood. He did not jump away until I stood and began to move to leave. Area was marked "No Trespassing," city policeman did not stop me as I walked back onto public street, got lucky!

A sundial graces the south wall of the Newman Center for the Performing Arts on Denver University campus.

Lila Rose is President of Live Action, an educational nonprofit dedicated to inspiring a culture of life in America and beyond.

Lila founded Live Action when she was fifteen years old. Live Action changes hearts and minds about abortion and promotes respect for human dignity through national media campaigns, investigative reporting, and targeted youth education programs.

Charlie Kirk is the Founder and Executive Director of Turning Point USA, a national student movement dedicated to identifying, organizing, and empowering young people to promote the principles of free markets, and limited government. Since the inception of Turning Point USA on June 5th of 2012, Charlie has grown Turning Point USA from nothing to having representation on over 1,100 high schools and college campuses nationwide and over 75 full time field staff. At 22 years old, he has appeared on Fox News, CNBC, and FOX Business News over 200 times including frequent appearances on “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” and “Varney & Co.” In addition to his entrepreneurial political endeavors, Charlie plays every type of Saxophone, was captain of his school’s Varsity Basketball team, and is a proud Eagle Scout.

Brittany Corona, Director for State Programs and Government Relations for Friedman Foundation for Education Choice, addresses Western Conservative Summit 2016 at Colorado Convention Center, Denver.

Frank Gaffney, author and security advisor, delivers keynote speech on Shariah at Western Conservative Summit 2016. One of his specialties is the impact of EMP (Electro-Magnetic Pulse) burst on high tech equipment and power grids.

Local radio talk show personality, Craig Silverman, introduces US Senate candidate Daryl Glenn at Western Conservative Summit 2016 in Denver Convention Center.

American flag flies proudly atop Larimer Square Clock Tower in the middle of Denver, CO, 16th Street Mall jut before July 4th.

The youngest Senator currently in the US Senate, Tom Cotton of Kansas, gives his keynote speech in Denver, CO, Convention Center before audience at Western Conservative Summit 2016.

Phil Robertson, founder of Duck Commander, Inc, and star of Duck Dynasty, signals approval of audience participation at the start of his keynote speech, July 2, 2016, during the Western Conservative Summit 2016, in the Denver, CO, Convention Center.

US Senate candidate Daryl Glenn during keynote speech at Western Conservative Summit 2016 at Denver Convention Center. As an underfunded underdog with only county commission political experience, Daryl wowed the delegates at Colorado Republican State Assembly in May with a fire-in-the-belly speech to lock out 5 other nominees from the party primary ballot with 70%. With a minor war chest of $11K, he won the party nomination to challenge the appointed incumbent in November.

An array of Mexican primrose on an expanding vine among the grasses of our front yard high alpine meadow.

A deep maroon lily growing in our flower bed is framed by its neighboring ice plant.

A single Mexican primrose close up. This plant is far more aggressive than expected, the vines are expanding across our high alpine meadow.

Forgot to turn on my water before the recent heat wave in Colorado's Front Range, these white veronica's are struggling to bloom.

Blue veronica beginning to bloom among a colorful collection of xeriscaped, high alpine meadow flowers and grasses in our front yard.

A single lavender bloom begins to show forth from our High Mountain Meadow, xeriscape front yard.

Like the brilliant reds and yellows of these Goblin Blanket Flowers, native to Colorado's high mesa prairie ecosystem.
An 11 X 14 version was my 1st professional, framed sale to a friend for her new apartment.

Another of a series of Shasta daisies for Limes Wright comparison with UK coastal daisies.

A scraggly pair of Shasta daisies standing tall in our High Alpine Meadow, front yard, near Denver International Airport. Taken to share with Limes Wright after an excellent shot of UK seacoast Moon daisies.

Denver, the winter weather Rodney Dangerfield of large cities in the USA. View out through our front window onto Green Valley Ranch street of blizzard snows blowing across streets and, due to stickiness, building up on tree branches out of the gusty winds.

Iridescent reds and pinks highlight the edges of the Chihully blue glass orbs on board a rowboat in middle of an icy cold lagoon.

Cartier Panther, clip broach, of white gold and platinum with diamonds and sapphires reigns from his perch atop a 152 carat, sphere of Kashmir sapphire cabochon.

One of last shots taken of Denver Botanic Gardens' temporary display, "Chihully in the Gardens." We were being chased out at dusk by the docents ending the open afternoon hours and beginning the sold out evening hours of the last day.

One of last shots taken of Denver Botanic Gardens' temporary display, "Chihully in the Gardens." We were being chased out at dusk by the docents ending the open afternoon hours and beginning the sold out evening hours of the last day.

The Denver Art Museum from the rear alley, the lines in this attracted my eye as I was walking past.

3OH!3 performs at Denver Civic Center Park for the 2016 Superbowl victory celebration.

Two week old cut flowers portend a successful Super Bowl 50 campaign, do they not?

2 ladies stroll under the glass covered archway of Denver Center for Performing Arts and past stylized, abstract form. I see a Picasso-esque female body, how about you?

Percussion section instruments; bass drum, xylophone, cymbals, and assorted, arrayed drumsticks; await start of Denver Symphony's Brass Under Glass performance at Denver Center for Performing Arts.

Refracted, late afternoon, sunlight from Denver Center for Performing Arts' skylight is reflected of the many, coiled, feet of an Denver Brass French Horn.

Like the variegated reds and greens of this tree, and the strong vein lines.

Used Picasa for post work on this cell/smartphone capture of neighborhood sugar maple, which is undergoing fall color changes. Really like the contrasting red-green colored patches.

Straight out of cellphone. Spotted this cluster of yellow wildflowers along walking trail beside Highline Canal, Aurora, CO. My daughter and son-in-law had a rule of no stopping on their power walks, I did not follow the rule.

Fresh faced, Katie Pavlich, millennial commentator on FNC,Fox News Channel, was photographed candidly at book signing after participating in "Hugh Hewitt Live" event sponsored by KNUS radio 710 radio at Denver Marriott.

A back alley in downtown Denver. Night falls early when only a sliver of light reaches the street.

See all my photos from this years' crawl here.

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This man is a staple downtown Denver and can be heard throughout the 16th Street Mall, calling out "Shoooe Shiiiine."

Taken March, 2011 with a Canon 5DMkII, EF70-200 f/4

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Though hard to believe, this is an honest representation of the colors in the sky Saturday night. The colors were so saturated, even with a a low exposure compensation the saturation was still peaking the histogram.

This is a Colorado sunset!

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©Scott Smith Photography

A complicated bit of white balancing going on, with different colored light sources. I managed to find a happy medium without selectively adjusting the WB.

Long exposure, 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L. This heavy lens needs a really sturdy tripod at night.

At full size you can see artwork hanging on the walls in the apartments.

Downtown Denver skyline.

Summer game at Coors Field, as the Colorado Rockies chalk up a win.

The view looking east from downtown Denver at night.