Greetings from San Cristobal, NM. This week the Rio Grande Gorge, from its beginning to where it cuts deep into the canyon of the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument.
If you look closely, you can see the cliffs of the Rio Grande gorge uplifting left of center. I refer to this spot as where the river meets the rift. From this point, the river travels south, never leaving the Rio Grande Gorge. At the deepest point, the river is over eight hundred feet below the canyon rim.
Below is a view of Ute Mountain with the Rio Grande as it makes its way through the Wild and Scenic Rivers Recreation Area of the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument. The sky and darkness in the canyon, with only the river and Ute Mountain, highlighted, made for a dramatic image. Click here for another view.
Heading home on a photo tour with Scott last week, I couldn’t resist another picture of the red barn in the San Luis Valley. The barn, accompanied by a brooding sky, called for a black-and-white photo. I know the barn won’t be standing for much longer. It’s already losing its siding and beginning to corkscrew. With the high winds making direct hits and randomly carting off planks of wood across plains, more and more light gets through the building. In the background are a large field of potato plants and a center-pivot irrigation machine.
As always, thank you for looking. Have a great week. G
12 thoughts on “Rio Grande Gorge, Black, White, And Color. 02-08-2023”
Especially love those black and whites!
Thank you, Jim. It was B and W or nothing on those two. G
Stunning
M
Thank you, Mara. Stay cool. G
Geraint, thanks for a great workshop last week, and for the mention and link to my Instagram account. I have some great images from our time together! My interpretation of two of the locations above is queued up for later this week. All the best and until next time!
Scott
Thank you so much, Scott. It was another great pleasure to work with you and I thoroughly enjoyed your company. I look forward to next time. Keep shooting, posting and printing. G
stunning
Thanks so much Ron. I hope you’re staying cool and well. G
Love the black and white, particularly Ute Mountain with Rio Grande Gorge.
Thank you so much, Hadley. I appreciate the compliment. I hope you are well. G
You have followed that barn through all the seasons it’s decline gives another slant you will be sad to say goodbye.
Thanks. Alison.
It could be gone tomorrow with all the wind we are having. I have enjoyed visiting over the years and will be sad for sure. But glad to have been there so many times. Thank you, Alison. G