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Agave Square
American Lotus Bud
American Lotus Leaves
Aspen and Sumac
$Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado The "quaking" aspen term comes from the way the aspen leaves shimmer in the slightest breeze. The resulting fluttering refraction of light against a bright blue sky, particularly in the fall is very dramatic, and brings tourists to Colorado & Utah by the thousands, especially in the fall. The quaking action is actually due to the shape of the stem, which is flat and when a breeze hits the broad leaf, it results in a pivoting at the attachment point and gives the tree is characteristic motion. A tree full of leaves undergoing this motion has a characteristic whispering sound. Taken with the sight of quivering leaves and an earthy smell to a thick stand of aspens, it makes for a profoundly memorable experience in the American West. This picture was taken after a wind storm in late fall caused a massive leaf fall in this part of the Rio Grande National Forest, near Creede, Colorado. The leaves had literally just fallen with the last 2 hours onto this beaver pond. I was able to photograph them before they deteriorated visibly. I kept hearing a loud crashing sound in the understory about 50 yards to my right, but continued intently shooting. I suddenly heard a voice from the four wheel drive road about 30 yards behind me. "Hey! Did you know there is a bull Moose just below you?", said a kind passerby. I immediately raced to pack up my gear and high tail it back to my car. Meeting a bull Moose in the wild during the fall rut is a very dangerous experience. The bulls are not happy to say the least.$

Aspen Drops
$Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado The "quaking" aspen term comes from the way the aspen leaves shimmer in the slightest breeze. The resulting fluttering refraction of light against a bright blue sky, particularly in the fall is very dramatic, and brings tourists to Colorado & Utah by the thousands, especially in the fall. The quaking action is actually due to the shape of the stem, which is flat and when a breeze hits the broad leaf, it results in a pivoting at the attachment point and gives the tree is characteristic motion. A tree full of leaves undergoing this motion has a characteristic whispering sound. Taken with the sight of quivering leaves and an earthy smell to a thick stand of aspens, it makes for a profoundly memorable experience in the American West. This picture was taken after a wind storm in late fall caused a massive leaf fall in this part of the Rio Grande National Forest, near Creede, Colorado. The leaves had literally just fallen with the last 2 hours onto this beaver pond. I was able to photograph them before they deteriorated visibly. I kept hearing a loud crashing sound in the understory about 50 yards to my right, but continued intently shooting. I suddenly heard a voice from the four wheel drive road about 30 yards behind me. "Hey! Did you know there is a bull Moose just below you?", said a kind passerby. I immediately raced to pack up my gear and high tail it back to my car. Meeting a bull Moose in the wild during the fall rut is a very dangerous experience. The bulls are not happy to say the least.$

Aspen Drops BW
Aspen Leaves and Frost
Aspen Rock cc1.tif
Aster Celebration.tif
Azalea Blossom Trio.tif
Backlit Dogwoods.tif
Bamboo Blues.tif
Bamboo Pillars
Bank Door Tight
Barn Owl Portrait
Bhutan Boy Stare Down
Bhutan Cala Lily
Birch Bark
Bird
Blue Columns.tif
Blue Flag Iris
Blue Hyacinth Pan
Blue Iris Petal.tif
Blue Sage and Bluestem
Bluestem Diamonds.tif
Bobwhite Post
Brush Creek Reflections
Budding Fresia.tif
Bug & Purple Flower
Burr Oak Acorn Peak.tif
Butterfly Blossom Stages
Butterfly Moth
Cala Dew.tif
Cala Lily and Succule...tif
California Morning De...tif
Camelia Glow.tif
Canada Wild Rye Dew
Canada Wild Rye Switch
Carbide Detail
Cardinal
Cardinal Berries
Cardinal Cedar Bough
Chase Water Dream.tif
Clover on Birch Side ...tif
Compass Plant
Coneflower Cones
Coneflower in Cool Bl...tif
Coneflower Umbrella.tif
Coneflowers and White..lies
Cottonwood and Sumac ..aves
Coyote Butte Diagonals
Dogwood Beautiful Bac...tif
Dogwood in Morning Mist
Dogwood on Redbud
Elephant Friends BW
Fall Ecosystem
Fall Leaves and Pine ...tif
Fall Maple Dance
Fall River Prairie De...tif
Fallen Grouse Feather...tif
Filoli Maple.tif
Foothill Shooting Sta...tif
Four Aspen Pillars
Four Foothill Shootin...tif
Fresh Bright Cherry B...tif
Fresia Steps.tif
Friends Forever
Frosted Grass Bundles
Furry Leaf Patterns
Gone to Seed
Grace in Agave
Graceful Stems
Grass Colors
Grass Colors and Dew
Grass Gems.tif
Grass Trilogy
Grey Waves
Ground Dogwood Archit..ture
Grouse Feather and La...tif
Historic Detail
Hosta Fan and Fern
Ice Dreams
Ice Plant Spirals
Ice Window
Iced Little Bluestem
Icy Creek Art
Inside Purple Orchid.tif
Iris Wingspan.tif
Ivory and Rose Petal ...tif
Ivory Dahlia Waves.tif
Ivory Exuberance.tif
Jackson County Metalw..k BW
Jonquil Arrows
Jonquil Patterns
Junco and Snowy Cedar
Kansas Ballustrade.tif
Kansas Stairway.tif
KCP&L Door Detail
Keep Your Chin Up.tif
Kestrel