Garden of the Gods  by taffy

Garden of the Gods

My mom and I had a lovely hour walk in this city park with a name that fits really well. Pretty much everywhere I'd look there was something amazing to try to capture in an image. Watched several climbers scaling these formations. Nice day with family. Alternate shot: http://365project.org/taffy/the-also-ran-ph/2014-10-04
And from the air: http://365project.org/taffy/the-also-ran-ph/2014-10-08
Thanks for your comments on the DFW escalator and for sharing some of your stories of time at that airport!
Simply magnificent,Taffy
October 5th, 2014  
beautiful
October 5th, 2014  
WoW! Amazing image!
October 5th, 2014  
Beautiful shot love the light and rays
October 5th, 2014  
Lovely perspective and colors. Such a beautiful place to take pictures!
October 5th, 2014  
Amazing starburst. Is that due to the large aperture setting?
October 5th, 2014  
Stunning. Fav
October 5th, 2014  
Love this, particularly the flare, awesome
October 5th, 2014  
Gorgeous colours, reminds me of the beautiful colours of Central Australia. Love the flare. Fav :)
October 5th, 2014  
Amazing feature to find in a city park. Love the lighting. Fav
October 5th, 2014  
look at that texture and lovely sunburst - gorgeous
October 5th, 2014  
That's some city park! What a perfect sun flare.
October 5th, 2014  
Lovely!
October 5th, 2014  
What a sunburst - great shot, fav
October 5th, 2014  
Love the bean..fav!
October 5th, 2014  
FAV. Breathtaking.
October 5th, 2014  
Beautiful shot, love the sun just peeking out from behind the rocks and creating that small burst and ray of light on the rocks
October 5th, 2014  
This is so beautiful - the colours and composition. And I love the sun flare. Fav
October 5th, 2014  
Beautifully captured,a wonderful sun flare!!FAV!!
October 5th, 2014  
Lovely capture Taffy.
October 5th, 2014  
Beautiful !
October 5th, 2014  
Great sunburst and perspective.
October 5th, 2014  
I love that place. Excellent shot. Love the deep blue sky. Fav.
October 5th, 2014  
Instant Fav...outstanding pov.
October 5th, 2014  
Beautiful
October 5th, 2014  
FAV -- spectacular perspective, fabulous lighting! And, oh, that sun!
October 5th, 2014  
Love the star burst from the sun just peeking through and that beam of light is great
October 5th, 2014  
Wonderful sense of scale and perfect photo for a sunburst. Huge FAV
October 5th, 2014  
Spectacular shot - love that sun burst!! Fav!!
October 5th, 2014  
Incredible picture and perspective. Congratulations on making the Trending Page. Well deserved.
October 5th, 2014  
Love the way the sun has shone through the circle in the stone and provided that long finger of light.
October 5th, 2014  
Nice sun rays.
October 5th, 2014  
Stunning!!
October 5th, 2014  
Great capture, love the sun rays. Stunning!
October 5th, 2014  
Fab pov and flare fav!
October 5th, 2014  
Wow - wonderful fav!
October 5th, 2014  
Magnificent
October 5th, 2014  
That's some feature in an urban park and the small aperture induced starburst effect is the cherry on the top. Fav.
October 5th, 2014  
This is stunning.
October 5th, 2014  
Terrific perspective, great sense of height, love the sunflare.
October 5th, 2014  
The sunflare and the light on the stone are so beautiful. Fav.
October 5th, 2014  
Fantastic shot. Fav!
October 5th, 2014  
Amazing capture!
October 5th, 2014  
Love the shaft of light on the beautiful coloured and textured rocks, great perspective too. Fav
October 5th, 2014  
Perfect sunlight!!!! Where in the heck are you to see this! Not Chicago!!!!
October 5th, 2014  
Hey again... Did u ever send me your email? I promise I won't but her you too much but just I case I am in a jam with the Mac and iPhoto. Btw do you use Aperture? I did not know of it until u mentioned it and now it is going bye bye so I am not sure what to do... Anyway I get lost in notifications so was not sure you posted about your email
October 5th, 2014  
Pam
Stunning!!!
October 6th, 2014  
Beautiful shot- love the pov and solar flare! fav
October 6th, 2014  
Love the flare and pov Taffy.
FAV
October 6th, 2014  
@espyetta I'm visiting my mom, brother and his family in Colorado Springs. Definitely NOT Chicago!! My mom's going to be 92, so I was impressed she and I could spend an hour in the park there.
October 6th, 2014  
Amazing shot and starburst. fav.
October 6th, 2014  
fascinating colors. Yay mom at the park.
October 6th, 2014  
Wooooooo! Breathtakingly stunning shot. A definite FAV.
October 6th, 2014  
This is such an amazing shot, Taffy. Love the flare and lighting. FAV
October 6th, 2014  
Looks like an image straight from the pages of National Geographic! Fav!
October 6th, 2014  
Stunning capture!!! Awesome flare!!! Beautiful shot of the light on the rocks and the brilliant blue sky!!! Colorado is so wonderful to visit!!! So glad your mom got to spend this time with you!!! My mom just passed away last year at 96 and I am so thankful for the time we had together!!!
October 6th, 2014  
Gorgeous colors and pov. Instant FAV
October 6th, 2014  
City park. Wow.
October 6th, 2014  
Awesome shot Taffy! Love the pov and the sunburst.
October 6th, 2014  
Amazing looking formations
October 6th, 2014  
Wow. Gorgeous.
October 6th, 2014  
Wonderful capture. Beautiful sun sparkle.
October 6th, 2014  
FAV
October 6th, 2014  
Wonderful dramatic photo, love the sunburst.
October 6th, 2014  
Brilliant shot Fav
October 6th, 2014  
Love the sunburst there.
October 6th, 2014  
Oh, I love this composition and use of the sun. Pity it often give lens flares and chromatic aberrations, but great detail captured!
October 6th, 2014  
Love this shot - the rocks, the blue sky and the shaft of sunlight. Fav
October 6th, 2014  
Really lovely shot.
October 6th, 2014  
@taffy that is so great you could do that with your mom!!!
October 6th, 2014  
Beautiuful shot - love the pov and the lighting.
October 6th, 2014  
Classic. Stunning. Amazing.
October 6th, 2014  
fav fav fav fav fav fav fav\
super fav
October 6th, 2014  
Awesome shot. Love the sun burst!
October 6th, 2014  
Wow Taffy. This is stunning. I love it.
October 6th, 2014  
Brilliant use of that Colorado sunshine!
October 6th, 2014  
Beautiful! Just love this shot, gorgeous. Tad different from the skyline :)
October 6th, 2014  
Gorgeous, love that sun flare..........and your pov
October 6th, 2014  
Oh, how beautiful!
October 7th, 2014  
Woo hoo! Spectacular! Fav!
October 7th, 2014  
Gorgeous! (And Garden of the Gods is one of the most beautiful places I have been, we loved it!)
October 7th, 2014  
Gorgeous light and details, excellent POV... and, a flare! :)
October 7th, 2014  
Congratulations on making the PP. Well deserved.
October 7th, 2014  
Oh that's awesome and one of my favorite places!! It would be great if we could meet up while you are here, but also know time is short while traveling! Fav!
October 7th, 2014  
@exposure4u It would have been fun, but I'm already back in Chicago. I'm not sure when the next trip will be but am guessing the first of the year as I'm trying to get out there to visit a bit more often. This was such a quick visit (Friday - this morning) that it was all about family. You have such great spots for photography -- I want to come when it's not a full moon to do some night sky shots!
October 7th, 2014  
@taffy Sorry I missed you! I just got back in town from southern Colorado yesterday. It's so unpredictable around here, but the colors are definitely much later than normal in different areas of Colorado, however, I heard Breckenridge has already lost most of their leaves? Sure hope you can make it back soon!
October 7th, 2014  
well placed flare. nice.
October 7th, 2014  
OH my FAntastic! Wonderful sunburst. FAV
October 7th, 2014  
Stunning sun flare and that stream of light on the rock! Looks great on
black.
October 7th, 2014  
ABSOLUTELY STUNNING! U have reached a level in photography that not many do.
October 8th, 2014  
Amazing! Love the POV and sunburst
October 8th, 2014  
Wow, truly stunning. Fav.
October 9th, 2014  
Great POV of Garden of the Gods! Love it there!
October 9th, 2014  
Oh yeah that's the money shot, gret capture.
October 9th, 2014  
Love the perspective here Taffy and the contrasts against that amazing blue sky, then the sunburst to top it off.
October 9th, 2014  
Congrats on TT - this is truly a marvelous shot and well deserved!
October 10th, 2014  
Congrats TT Taffy.
October 10th, 2014  
missed this!! Big fav!!!
October 11th, 2014  
@amandal @newbank @soboy5 Thanks Danny, Ruth, and Amanda! I really appreciate your kind words (and the fav, Amanda!). I know this is going to make my mom happy too as it was taken on my walk with her.
October 11th, 2014  
Congratulations your Top Twenty finish! It's well deserved! Fav
October 12th, 2014  
Wow. Just wow.
October 13th, 2014  
a fav
October 15th, 2014  
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