Durango, CO

Erbeman · July 27, 2010

So the wife and I went for a relaxing week to Durango, CO back in late April. It really wasn't the best time to go because it was in between seasons there and wasn't much going on. However, we still had a great time and were plenty relaxed. I can't wait to go back sometime during fall when there would be a lot of colors. As for these pics, there isn't a whole lot of color. I'm just getting around to upload them to my site and thought I would share. Enjoy

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During our train ride, I scoped out a spot to come back to the next day to shoot the train coming at me. This is a bit on the scary side, as I parked my car on the side of the road and hiked about 3/4 mile into the forest to get to my spot. I realized when I was halfway there that I had forgot my phone in the car. So, if something happened to me out here, I was up the creek without a paddle and I had nothing to defend myself with against wild animals. Plus I was crouching about 3 foot from the edge of a cliff. It probably wasn't my smartest move, but I was really wanting this shot and I think it came out really well.

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I took a drive to the other side of the mountains to an old mining town called Silverton. I can tell you, this place hasn't changed much since back in its day. Here is a picture of it from above.
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I learned that trying to hand hold a camera for a 5 frame burst shot to make an HDR is pretty dang hard to do. This is the only one that I halfway captured well.
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On our way out of town we came across this wild herd of Elk "I believe they are anyway." They were a bit camera shy and took off over this fence when I walked up to photograph them.
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The rest of my album from the trip can be seen at http://www.erbemanphotos.com/Travel

Erbeman · July 28, 2010

Finally got the pics back up. Sorry about that.

BeardedChick · July 28, 2010

Very cool to see images from my hometown! Come back around the first week of Oct. - Fall colors will be raging and hunting season doesn't start until the next weekend. :-)

Love them all, but your train photos are excellent!

Awais Yaqub · July 28, 2010

6 is without any doubt one of the best train photo i have seen, really like the set. I think i will love to visit this location someday

dlplumer · July 28, 2010

Excellent set with very cool train shots.

ian408 · July 29, 2010

Rode through Durango one year. I'd do that again. What a gorgeous place.

TrulyAlaskan · August 3, 2010

I attended... errr... "was a student" at Fort Lewis for a while. I can't really use attended since I was out skiing, climbing, biking, hiking, and other "fun" college activities more than I was in "class"

I love that town..