BIERSTADT LAKE AND THE MOUNTAINS Size:10x15 FINE ART PAPER I headed out to photograph

I headed out to photograph the sunrise and wildflowers

rich and bright colors appears over the South Fork Kishwaukee River

With the colors of this July sunrise appearing just before the sun touches the horizon

Mallards take a moment to groom themselves so they can keep their feathers clean during this spring morning

BIERSTADT LAKE AND THE MOUNTAINS Size:10x15 FINE ART PAPER I headed out to photographIt was a cool August summer morning when I arrived at the trailhead to Bierstadt Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park. I started up the steep trail at 5: 15 am to catch the sunrise at the lake and the Continental Divide. It would take me just under an hour to reach the lake. There are numerous switchbacks leading up the mountain through some stands of aspen trees. After about 20 minutes, I no longer needed my headlamp to guide my way up the mountain.