The SE Face of Russell Peak near Berthoud Pass.

Had a nice day of skiing on the Westside of Berthoud Pass today.  I got a nice looking Panoramic taken with wide angle though.

Went to a carving party this evening and took some images of the finished products

My wife craved this awesome one.

I carved this bumpkin (on purpose)

Group

The smoker carved this one.

A coating of ice in the shocks

I rode home from work at 0440 hours last Wednesday during Colorado’s first statewide snow storm. My upper body fared well, but my lower extremities with ice sheets for pants did not. For most of the ride I was able to pedal hard and fast to keep my legs moderately warm. However, towards the end as the chain started slipping and the speed decreased the chills set in. By the time I got home I was borderline hypothermic….or maybe completely hypothermic.

My icy filled water boots were frozen shut and I had to knife the laces to get out. Then, well I’ll just say I ended up wrapped in a blanket on the couch for a bit. After a few moments on the couch is when I realized the bike was coated with maybe a pound of ice as I heard it melting onto the entry pad of our home.

I also wrote something with the above title, but waiting to see if I can publish it else where before it goes up here.

Just a few links on the topic:

Mountain Bike

Studded Tires for you bike

Tire Chains for the bike

Planet Bike for your shopping needs

800ish sec exposure, f/8 ISO 400 @ 0417hrs on 09/08/2011

Taken along the Ridge to Snikatu North of Torrey’s and Gray’s and NE of Loveland Pass, CO

Here’s a BW version:

Same exposure as above

The brew

The brew II

The brew III

The Light in the night

A light not so bright

The stormy brew a pop

The three images of the Lightning were 40-80 sec exposures @ f22 and ISO 150. This is only my second set ever of photography lightning. These are of the storm that has been brewing almost every night over our home in Broomfield, CO since the beginning of July. It will be interesting to see what kind of photographs await me in the future.

The "something blue"

I scrubbed the table down to get a clean shine since it was an outdoor patio table.

The "Something blue" take two.

Still outside I just tweaked the light a little.

The "Something new and old"

The pearl necklace was the “something old” from the family’s great grandmother. The earrings were the “something new”.

A little sepia tone for fun.

Some more Sepia.

The something "Sepia" I have thing with Sepia and weddings.

The something blue in Salsa shoe please.

The location in Los Gatos. CA

The Ring bearer

Take 2 Ring Bearer in 50% Sepia. Highlighting the Reds and Yellows, while darkening the Greens and Blues. I left Magenta alone.

The view from the Reception.

Looking down towards Santana Row area.

The Reception.

Note: will be adding more images as I finish them.

105 sec f/2.8 15mm ISO 400

I went up to Loveland Pass in the hopes of going for a stroll up to the top of Snikatu last night. However, the steady 70+ mph winds thwarted my attempt. It was difficult to just stand in that intensity. So, I went downslope on the southside and snagged the above photo in a steady 30 mph wind. The cold made my trigger release stiffen up.

Bear Peak and the area of the Harmon Cave

The Harmon cave is located about mid-height in the foreground near the base of the two major rock buttress on the left skyline.

Bear Peak

Did a little post holing uphill to get to the cave entrance

The wind picking up near the cave

The Harmon Cave

The Harmon and Mallory caves are closed atleast until Oct 1, 2011 due to the spread of the White nose Syndrome

Went for a hike up Piestewa Peak in Arizona with Ariel while we were in town for my Grandmother’s memorial service