Perry Ralph

Silence has a color in late September, it's gold. #TranquilThursday "Fall Color Sunburst at Tree Grove" Soft light filtering through the cottonwoods as morning rises over Cathy Fromme Prairie. A quiet, peaceful start to the day. #Colorado #Sunrise #FallColor #Sunburst

Rockin' Canyon #RockinTuesday "Cactus Blooms and Golden Canyon Walls" A golden hour view of the Grand Canyon’s inner gorge featuring the Colorado River and desert flora at #Sunset #GrandCanyonNationalPark #ColoradoRIver #PricklyPear #Cactus

Concrete, meet surf. Happy #MonochromeMonday “Splash Below The Pier” Wind-driven waves make a big splash under a pier in the Gulf #Alabama #BlackandWhitePhotography #GulfofMexico

Fog below, Peak above. Mountain Monday #MountainMonday "Foggy Longs Peak" Snow-covered Longs Peak emerging from a bank of fog over the foothills, gold grass in the foreground. #LongsPeak #Mountains #Colorado

Sunday Yellow, straight from the sunrise and the City. #SundayYellow "Hobart Tasmania from Mt Wellington at Sunrise" The First Light on the Horizon and the lights of Hobart. #Sunrise #Australia #MtWellington

#Weathered "Abandoned Kansas Farmhouse" An old abandoned farmhouse on the backroads of Kansas. The land can still grow a nice wheatfield. #Kansas #Abandoned #Farm #Wheatfield

QP #BlueskyArtShow Theme: #Transportation A sunburst before we hit the whitewater "Grand Canyon Expedition - Sunburst Departure" The Raft is the only transportation down this path - 15 days Rafting on the Colorado. The first morning's sunburst #Sunburst #WhitewaterRafting #ColoradoRiver #GCNP

#FlowersOnFriday "Bark and Bloom" #BlackeyedSusan These Black-eyed Susans are side-eyeing the aspen like it stole their sunlight.

Let's see a photo of a leaf #Leaf #FallColor "One Leaf Away" A trio of yellow aspen leaves rests on lichen-covered granite, with a smaller leaf just beyond. #AspenTree

#FlydayFriday Lift-off, all at once. "Mass Departure at Colorado Front Range" Canada geese filling the frame, the Front Range holding the background. #BirdsInFlight #CanadaGeese #Colorado

Tranquil Thursday #Photography #BeachLife

Gold, as far as it goes #TranquilThursday "The Colors of the Aspens in the Fall" Gold on every branch, white on every trunk, light through every leaf. #FallColor #Colorado #AspenTrees #LandscapePhotography #IndependencePass

King Of the Canyon #WildlifeWednesday "Waterton Canyon: Eye Contact at Elevation" This Waterton Canyon ram knows exactly who’s king of the ridge #WatertonCanyon #Colorado #RAM #BighornSheep

Gold on the water #WaterWednesday "Fall Sunset on the Poudre River" The #PoudreRiver runs in Northern Colorado. This #Sunset during the autumn was highlighted with capturing a #Sunburst before going down and getting a #Reflection in the river. #PoudreRiver #FallColor

QP #ThinkTrunkTuesday "Threeleaf Foamflower on The Forest Floor – Glacier National Park" Threeleaf foamflower on the forest floor in Glacier — blossoms, moss, and fern textures beneath the old‑growth trees. #Forest #Tree #GlacierNationalPark #Green

First light, tallest peak #RockinTuesday "Le Grand Teton: Seeing The Sun First" The largest mountain in the Teton Range is called the Grand Teton. The sun hits that peak first at #sunrise #GrandTetonNationalPark #GrandTeton #JacksonLake

Arch in the foreground, Mountains behind. #MountainMonday "Delicate Arch and La Sal Mountains at Dusk" #DelicateArch and the #LaSalMountains at dusk — the Delicate Arch holds the stage while the La Sals work the skyline. #ArchesNationalPark

Sunday Sunrise #SundaySunrise “Colorado Front Range Fall Colors Sunrise” The CFP Natural Area Tree Grove is a favorite spot for sunrises. October is the best time of the year for sunsets and fall color here. #Colorado #FrontRange #FallColor

Sunday Yellow #SundayYellow “ND Spring Wheat Near Harvest” A stalk of ND spring wheat stands ready to be harvested. #NorthDakota #wheatfield

Toes in the sand, rays in the sky. #BeachLife “Cocoa Beach - Crepuscular Rays Sunrise” The quiet drama of dawn. The Cocoa Beach pier stands tall as light breaks through the clouds. #CocoaBeach #Sunrays #Sunrise #Florida #Pier #Reflection

#BlueSkyArtShow Theme: The #Walls remember “Evening Light at the Church” A sunburst shines thru the remaining walls of the St Andrews Cathedral in Scotland #StAndrews #Scotland #TravelPhotography

Friday in full bloom #FlowersOnFridays “Twilight Lilies” My garden lilies looked beautiful this summer after a little rain. #Lilies #Colorado #Flowers

Add a photo of something good. I figure fishing is good :) “caught one” Flying fishing the miracle mile North Platte River #FlyFishing #Wyoming #MiracleMile

#InsectThursday “Lupine Landing” Bumblebee working the white wildflowers in RMNP. #Bumblebees

Don't hug the cactus #WhateverWednesday "Teddy Bear Cholla in Arizona Twilight" Cholla cactus at dusk in the Arizona desert. #Arizona #Desert #Cactus #DesertPhotography #Dusk

#TranquilThursday Still Water, Grand Mountains "The Sun Will Always Rise" Snow-capped Tetons mirrored in a still lake, Grand Teton National Park. #GrandTeton #Wyoming #LandscapePhotography #Mountains #Reflection #Sunrise

Give me a backroad #BackRoad “Aspen Tunnel Road” Endo Valley Road #FallColor #Colorado #AspenTrees

Settled the old way. #WIldlifeWednesday "Standoff in RMNP" Elk Rut Showdown - Two bull elk lock antlers during the fall rut in Rocky Mountain National Park. #BullElk #ElkRut #RockyMountainNationalPark #AntlerLocking

Red rock, white water #WaterWednesday "Following the Hays River Down" Hays Creek Falls — Water threading red rock on the Hays Creek in Colorado. #HaysCreek #Waterfall #Colorado

The view from many Western Movies #RockinTuesday "Monument Valley: View from Ford’s Point" John Ford made many western movies in Monument Valley and used this spot as a key western location. #MonumentValley #JohnFordPoint #Utah #Rocks

Nobody's driving anymore. #MonochromeMonday "The ND Prairie Took the Wheel" An old 1940s pickup cab left to settle into the ND prairie. Years of wind, sun, and tall grass have taken over the frame, turning a former workhorse into part of the landscape. #Abandoned #Transportation #NorthDakota

Last remnants of fall #FallColor “Aspen Fall Lollipops” A fall color of tall aspen trees with just a few leaves on the top of the trees. #AspenTree #Yellow #Colorado #LandscapePhotography

Rush hour over the Platte #SundaySunset "Sandhill Crane Sunset - Circling for Roost" As sunset intensifies over the Platte River, the sandbars fill with Sandhill Cranes while hundreds more circle overhead, searching for a place to settle. #SandhillCrane #BirdsInFlight #Migration #Sunset

#SaturdayMorning Enjoy Saturday Morning “Lone Tree Sunrise: Sun-touched Contrails” Another colorful Colorado sunrise at my favorite but lost Lone Tree location. #Sunrise #Colorado

#BlueSkyArtShow Theme: #Weather “It Was A Beautiful Day Until ...” A sunny afternoon at an abandoned farm until a thunderstorm started its approach #Abandoned #WX #Storm #Clouds

If it flies it belongs on Friday Flyday #Flyday “Great Blue Heron Takeoff” A Great Blue Heron taking off from the edge of the Madison River in Yellowstone #GreatBlueHeron #BirdinFlight #Yellowstone

Enjoy Friday Flowers #FlowersOnFriday “Walk In Fields Of Good” A mountain side in Yellowstone with the yellow wildflowers, Arrowleaf Balsamroot. Enjoy Your Weekend #Wildflowers #Yellowstone #ArrowleafBalsamroot

Happy Friyay #FencePostFriday “Unused Fence” A fence rolled up and overgrown by some prairie grass. ##Colorado

Dreams and Streams #Photography #Rockies #Fall "Mountain Stream and Fall Colors"

Fall, pouring over. #TranquilThursday “Fall Colors at the Poudre Spillway” Peak fall colors along the Poudre River #FallColors #FortCollins #Colorado

Frost, Fall Color and 1 busy Bull #WildlifeWednesday "Frosty the Bull Elk" It was a crisp morning during the #ElkRut. There was frost on the grass and even on the Elk. The sunrise added just the right lighting and captured a spot of light on his eye. #BullElk #FallColor

Steamboat's Signature Water Hole #WaterWednesday “Fish Creek Falls” A pretty waterfall near Steamboat Springs with a touch of fall colors #Waterfall #FallColor #Colorado

Trunks with a thousand-year head start. #ThickTrunkTuesday "Looking WAY Up" Looking up into the Sky with the large Coast Redwoods Trees from Muir Woods. These trees can get to 250 feet tall and 25 feet in diameter and average 600 years old. #MuirWoods #CoastalRedwood #Trees

Falling water, standing stones Happy #RockinTuesday "Falling Brook" Taken in RMNP just off the road up to Bear Lake. The River, Glacier Creek, taken in last week of Sept. A Polarizer filter helped slow down shutter to get the silky smooth water. #RMNP #Water #FallColor #LongExposure

The chapel with a mountain view #MountainMonday #BlueSkyMonday "Chapel Guarded by Meeker" A stone chapel beneath Mount Meeker’s watchful rise — autumn color and mountain light in Colorado’s Front Range. #Colorado #MountMeeker #ChapelOnTheRock #LandscapePhotography #FallColor

Abandoned, not forgotten. Happy #MonochromeMonday "Crystal Mills B&W" Crystal Mills is an abandoned watermill that was used to drive air compressors for mining. Built in 1892, it is a popular spot for photography. #CrystalMills #Colorado #BlackandWhitePhotography

Yellow, from bank to bank #SundayYellow "Colors along the Poudre River" The Poudre River runs thru Fort Collins, CO. The fall colors and the colors of the sunrise made this a special morning. #FallColor #Colorado #River #Rocks

Morning, with a little fog and a burst #SundaySunrise "Baylight Rising" Sunrise over San Francisco Bay, where mist meets morning light and the day begins #Sunrise #Sunburst #Fog #SFO #California #SanFranciscoBay

Morning, with a little fog and a burst #SundaySunrise "Baylight Rising" Sunrise over San Francisco Bay, where mist meets morning light and the day begins #Sunrise #Sunburst #Fog #SFO #California #SanFranciscoBay

Photo Theme: #FallColor “Painting the Sky” This shot is looking up to the clear blue #Colorado sky. The #Yellow leaves and the #BlueSky provide an appealing look and the branches from the #AspenTrees are a nice addition.

Columbines up front, sunflowers on backup #FlowersOnFriday "Keystone Columbine - Field of Wildlowers" Colorado Columbines and wild Aspen Sunflowers near Keystone — a summer field alive with color. #Colorado #Columbine #Wildflower