Time's door
Uploaded: June 28, 2005 06:20:01
Photographed 6/05, at Spruce Tree House in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado using a Nikon D100, Nikkor 28-200 lens, settings unknown. Image processed with Photoshop CS using levels, unsharp mask filter, and saturation controls. While touring Spruce Tree House which is cordoned off with ropes, a kindly Park Ranger seeing my photo rig guided me over the ropes into the ruin to get this shot. It pays to go early!
Mary N C. Taitt June 28, 2005
Great capture! YAY! Here's to friendly rangers, I've encountered a few of those! And you put it to good use!! :-) #270313Laura E. OConnor June 28, 2005
Nice work! #1530461Kathy Shogren June 28, 2005
Great image Stephen! Lucky you. Nice color and love the dof. #1531084Jenny Bosmans June 28, 2005
Beautiful work!! Love the color and the framing! #1531965Stephen A. Liverman June 28, 2005
Thank you Kathy, Laura and Jenny for your kind words. #1533080Jim Kinnunen June 28, 2005
Great composition and color, Stephen!!! #1533260Willem van Altena July 23, 2005
Congrats on your beautiful finalist Stephn. Has National Geographic called yet? Worthy of a NG cover! #1624386Shari Travison August 18, 2005
Awesome framing, depth and composition! #1732976Sharon Day October 27, 2005
I love this shot! Sometimes it pays to stop and chat with the park rangers. I was at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve this spring and after visiting with the rangers for a while we decided to drive about a mile away to an old schoolhouse. While we were there the ranger came to check on the building and let me inside to take photos. Moral to the story...be nice to the rangers :) #2003981Stephen A. Liverman October 27, 2005
Amen to that Sharon. It also pays to go early, stay late and visit off season when the rangers have more time to spend with you individually. #2004432Karen Slagle January 02, 2006
Oh my gosh Stephen. Your gallery is absolutely stunning and only time keeps me from commenting on each and every image. Your love of the SW shows in your pix, the colors, textures and POV. I too love the SW and have visited, many years ago, some of the same areas. Your photos bring back many pleasant memories. Looking forward to seeing many more. By the way, this one is awesome of the gorgeous ruins..... #2243854Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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