Colorado Miscellaneous

Looking west from Park Meadows Mall, south of Denver. Another not-so-hot experiment with the new Sigma 10-20. Like the other shot here, the exposure is out of whack, and the uncropped image shows some pincushion (still visible in the trees here in the lower left corner). Took some other (even less good) shots at longer focal lengths, and the distortion disappears pretty quickly as the lens moves away from 10.

A very, very small crop out of an otherwise useless shot of the Front Range near Mt. Evans, as seen from Park Meadows Mall south of Denver. Playing around with the new Sigma 10-20. I think it's going to take some getting used to. For one thing, this is poorly exposed despite being in automatic mode (too damned cold outside to monkey with the settings).

Blades of grass in a patch of pebbly snow, near Pike's Peak.

Dead trees in an old burn zone near Pike's Peak.

Near Pike's Peak.

Near Pike's Peak. Notice the distortion in the trees to the left...oops. Taken at 10mm with a Sigma 10-20.

Near Pike's Peak. Taken at 16mm with a Sigma 10-20.

Near Pike's Peak. Taken at 13mm with the Sigma 10-20.

Near Pike's Peak. Taken at 20mm with the Nikkor 18-135. Compare with the same view at 13mm with the Sigma 10-20 here .

Dead trees in an old burn zone near Pike's Peak.

Dead trees in an old burn zone near Pike's Peak.

Dead trees in an old burn zone near Pike's Peak.

A ridge near Pike's Peak.

Dunno why, but sometimes it just gets very orange outside in the late afternoon, well before sunset.

Having a little fun at the expense of Protect Colorado's Future, the Big Labor organization funding a series of ridiculously dishonest and emotionally manipulative political ads against the three anti-corruption and worker rights amendments on Colorado's 2008 ballot.

More backyard wildlife -- shot through a closed window while sitting at the desk in my home office. Didn't even have to get up.

Malaise We Can Believe In!

From the front deck.