We’re back in Lakewood, Colorado on a permanent basis now and boy have I forgotten how much I love my home town.  On Saturday (earlier this week) Margot and I went for a daddy & daughter hike/mission to Dinosaur Ridge near Morrison, Colorado.

Margot is very much into dinosaurs now and what a great experience 10 minutes from the house.  We started at the visitors center with all the great painted Stegosaurus’ and the little multimedia display in one of the buildings with interactive activities and great illustrations.

Welcome to Dinosaur Ridge

The walk starts right at the western side of the parking lot.  It leads up a somewhat major road towards Dakota/Dinosaur Ridge.  There are placards along the way to keep your interest and some great facts about Colorado 300 million years ago.

A long time ago...

We walk right over the Golden Fault on our way up the hill.

The Golden Fault

Margot was lucky enough to be studying Iguanadon’s in the latest book she got from the public library.  Here is real evidence that they really exist and we can prove the concept of the existence of such magnificent creatures.

Dinosaur tracks are cool!

C'mon Dad, enough pictures already!

Daddy had to take some pictures too...

Dad always seems to have ulterior motives and I did need to take some photos along the way and it was quite cool.

Nikon D70

Sigma 24-70 2.8

3 exposure HDR +/- 2 ev Photomatix/CS3 Processing

Please visit the website for Dinosaur Ridge for more information about this great treasure in the Denver Metro Area!

I have been slowly working on my newest and I hope my best photoblog here…

It’s a grand opening not to be missed!

http://www.foto.xvelo.com

It is a pixelpost site and much cleaner and easier to navigate than my gallery page.

Let me know what you think of the new site!

I’m home again!  In celebration of high speed internet and nobody killing my dog, I’m going to have a beer and blog.  Man…I used to be cool, I swear!

Steve eating a really huge cheeseburger

OK Wordpress has changed and I’m getting used to it as i am typing on a computer that refuses to use ‘n’ when i want it to.  Anyway a few more fotos tonight

Old church HDR in Menetou Couture France 18320

Horses in Sancoins Franc September 2008

More horses or Cheveaux as they say French in Sancoins September 2008

Todays post is really more a celebration of high speed internet and happiness to be home in Colorado.  I will begin to put some more, of something, into the posts for a while but for now, enjoy the nothing ness that is this blog

The end has come.  It’s been fun but it’s time for the real world.  In reflection it seems like I have just arrived, yet I’ve been here forever and time flys.  I don’t exactly know how to feel all those things at once but I’ll sort it out.  I’m leaving for Denver tomorrow.  I’ll have a ton of photos and charming anecdotes about my summer in the coming posts.

The sun has set on 2008 cycling…Talk to you in a while.

I’ve been in a macro mode lately.  Sometimes it feels good to look at the little patterns in life’s texture.  Look at the ground and see an organic shape or texture that no one would notice and capture it with the camera.  I’m shooting with the D70 from Nikon and my “favorite” Sigma 1:3.5-5.6 II Macro set to 80 with the macro switch flipped. I love the $5 lens (current Ebay Value).  I want to try a “real” macro lens but for now poverty tells me that this one is OK.

Across the road on the canal side of the house.  The Virginia Creeper is doing very well, it’s also quite beautiful as it changes to it’s dormant state.

Shooting some organic black and whites.

Back to some berries growing from the same twisted mess that all of these shots are coming from. Love the angular shape of the stem.

B/W again with the branches of the tree.

And a creepy worm, it’s eating the roses in front of the house so it did not have a happy ending after this was taken.

Miscellaneous berries hanging on a tree.

Back to some pretty leaves or leaf rather in the midst of being red…

Enough for today, it’s late and I doubt I’ll post again for 19 days until my return to Denver.