September 2005

Rifle, Colorado is in the midst of an energy boom (natural gas), so it’s a fun place to visit and see all the big service trucks running around, along with the general upbeat attitude.

I’ve been working on photographer Peter Kelley’s image site at http://www.peterkelley.com – that’s keeping me “focused” on photography… Andrew McLean emailed me this comment: I’m using a Nikon 4500 and can’t wait until it dies so I can replace it…

Sunset at Shadow Lake, Wind River Mountains, Wyoming. This was shot with a Canon Digital Rebel in manual mode, with manual focus. It’s always fun in September to see the excitement about winter’s debut. Web forum traffic drivel ratios change…

This just over the transom from Craig B. in Crested Butte, Colorado. They did a good job of getting their September turns. Here closer to Aspen we’re still waiting for the first significant dusting of fresh so we can head…

Granite Gear backpacks are reviewed in Wind Rivers Mountains, WY