Greetings from San Cristobal. I had a lovely time shooting in the San Luis Valley, Colorado, which always makes me smile, followed by some random images around the area this holiday season. You may recognize this scene. I visit it often on photo tours and workshops in southern Colorado.
Corraled by the creek, and then the escape. I opened the car door to get out, and the horses, surprised, jumped the fence. I missed that! The payoff came in the following two images.
One mild morning last week, my son Dylan and I walked through the Fred Baca Park Wetlands and Rio Fernando Park. There wasn’t a lot going on, which was very nice. I did take a camera and caught a shot of a Townsend’s Solitaire being solitary in a bare tree. A peaceful walk surrounded the muted colors of winter.
One afternoon a Woodhouse’s Scrub Jay and Northern Flicker, settled in our old cottonwood tree in San Cristobal.
Seeing out the New Year, we were watching a sunset cloud from the deck.
Lastly, a flashback to Spring 1987, on a trip I made with four friends, Martin, Frank, Ken, and Dave. Frank and I got set up each morning and evening at our primitive campsite to capture the sunrise, or in this instance, waiting on the sunset. I took this shot of our two Rollei’s, Franks Deerdorf, and my Nikon F3.
As always, Thank you for looking. Happy New Year. G
16 thoughts on “San Luis Valley, Horses, Birds, Sunset, 01-04-2023”
Thanks for bringing to mind some happy times
Thank you Lin. Happy new year. G
Great images, Geraint! Stay warm!
Thank you, Peter. It’s getting up to 40° tomorrow. I’ll be back up in the San Luis Valley. Leaving early tomorrow morning, and prepared for the cold. Be well. Cheers. G
Thanks for posting these serene winter images. I can almost hear the quiet.
Thank you, Mark. I’ll be enjoying it for you, the quiet that is. I hope you are well. Happy new year. G
Wonderful images, Geraint. I enjoyed seeing the 1987 photo. You have such an impressive archive.👍jim
Thank you, Jim. One of these days I’ll get sorted and start to organize my color slides and black and white negatives. Cheers! G
Thank you always for your evocative photography. I’m not able to spend as much time in this area as I’d like to these days, so I look forward to seeing your photos. 🙏🏼
Thank you, Denise. I appreciate your compliments very much I’ll keep posting them. I hope they inspire you to visit again. I enjoy your posts on social media. Happy new year. G
I’m reading the new Ted Conover book, Cheap Land Colorado, about the San Luis Valley and folks living off the land there. Thanks for the breathtaking images. They help me to better understand the land and people I’m reading about.
Thank you for the info, Linda. I’ll check it out. And thanks for looking and taking the time to comment. G
Morning, Geraint;
Thanks for that taste of NM/Colo light, and a reminder of the days of film and chrome tripods!
Cheers – Gary
Thanks so much, Gary I still have that same tripod. It’s solid and works great. I did buy the same model at a yard sale for a few $’s and traded parts on mine. Cheers, Gary. G
again, thanks
As always, thank you, my friend. G