COSights

5 entries · by Astrid

Notes from the road.

Trips, weather, light, and the drives in between. First-person dispatches from Colorado, one day at a time.

Stone steps and a weathered rock outcrop on a ridge overlook a green, forested valley under a clear blue sky. Sunlight rakes across the cliff edge and nearby shrubs, giving the scene a warm late-day feel.
Elated

6 min read

Waiting My Turn at the Ledge

On a clear September evening above Durango, I learned that the best light sometimes asks for nothing more than standing still and letting other people finish first.

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A rugged alpine peak rises above green slopes and lingering snow patches under a bright blue sky with scattered clouds. Rocky grassland and a few boulders fill the foreground, with the basin’s wide mountain walls stretching into the distance.
Wry

7 min read

The Basin, Three Months Late

I finally went back to Yankee Boy Basin for the shot I never manage to time right, and found out what a September storm does to a plan built for July.

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Wide view across a sunlit grassy park with paved paths, a bench in the foreground, and Ferril Lake behind a line of trees. Downtown Denver rises beyond the water with the Rockies faintly visible in the distance under a clear blue sky.
Restless

4 min read

Two Stops, No Patience, Denver

A tripod that never leaves the trunk finally comes out for Ferril Lake, and a restless afternoon refuses to settle until well past dark.

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Stone masonry ruins of Lowry Pueblo spread across a sunlit sagebrush hillside, with low rectangular walls and room outlines leading the eye toward the open landscape beyond. Bright blue sky and a dark green tree line frame the ancient site in clear daylight.
Melancholy

7 min read

What Lowry Pueblo Kept

A return to a great house on the sagebrush plain west of Pleasant View, and what the light took away this time that it once gave.

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Autumn view of condo and resort buildings tucked below a golden hillside, with dark evergreen trees and a clear blue sky above. The architecture is mostly modern and alpine-style, seen from across a grassy foreground rather than the village core.
Weary

11 min read

Vail at the Wrong Hour

I went to Vail Village on a July afternoon knowing the light I wanted would not come until after I had already left, and photographed what was there instead.

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