It was a treat to be somewhere with an amazing blue sky and no need for a coat, much less boots and gloves! Colorado was having record-breaking heat during my visit. This was taken in Garden of the Gods. The two little dots (more easily seen when enlarged) were climbers practicing their skill. Impressive to watch -- with absolutely no envy at all!
Wonderful action shot Taffy! Not something I would like to do! Great capture the climbers are so clear against that fabulous blue sky! I checked out Colorado and saw lots of shots of the Garden if the Gods. What a beautiful place. Hope you had a good weekend! At least you got some warmth! Fav for such a fab shot!
Having conquered your balcony (have you?) I thought you would be quite OK to join them! Lovely use of contrasting colours and great diagonal line through the image.
The worst thing about climbing something like this is that then you have to come down again... unless there is an 'easy' back route. Wonderful minimalist image.
Every picture of sunshine makes me weep. We have just finished this morning with a storm that started Saturday evening. I need to go out this morning and do a better job of cleaning off my steps. More snow coming Thursday.
Wow, what an awesome photo, Taffy. You captured so much detail including the rope on the person climbing. Love the color of the rocks against the beautiful blue sky. It is always amazing to me to see climbers as they have no fear usually. I could not do it but amazing to see it. FAV
Love this - how did you ever happen to spot them up there? What a terrific pov and perspective of the people and that huge rock. I watched a similar group at the Colorado National Monument one fall - they were climbing to the top of one of those spires - looked straight up to me! Not envious - but definitely in awe.
@milaniet They actually were easy to see with the sun creating such a bright scene. And we knew this was an area for climbers so we were looking for them. I saw them and found a way to position them so they would be almost in silhouette. They were so tiny that I didn't realize, actually, that I had them both in the shot as the one at the top was often not visible -- maybe bending over with the ropes or something.
Wonderful shot, with such strong diagonal lines and tiny (tiny) people for scale. To think of climbing this... eek! Excellent composition. So glad that the weather helped you out. :)
wow! fabulous capture - the contrast of colours of the sky and the mountain, and the two people climbing it add dramatic interest as well as perspective. not an everyday capture, for sure. i love it!
