Garden Of The Gods 4 Wood Print

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Natural erosion exposed this delicately balanced rock.
The Garden of the Gods red rock formations in Colorado were created during a geological upheaval along a natural fault line. Archaeological evidence shows that prehistoric people visited Garden of the Gods about 1330 BC. At about 250 BC Native American people camped in the park. They are believed to have been attracted to wildlife and plant life in the area and used overhangs created by the rocks for shelter.
The area was first called Red Rock Corral. Then, in August 1859, two surveyors who helped to set up Colorado City explored the site. One of the surveyors, M. S. Beach, suggested that it would be a "capital place for a beer garden". His companion, the young Rufus Cable, awestruck by the impressive rock formations, exclaimed, "Beer Garden! Why it is a fit place for the gods to assemble. We will call it the Garden of the Gods."
Helen Hunt Jackson wrote of the park, "You wind among rocks of every conceivable and incon...

I love Photographing the natural landscape as well as a variety of other scenes in our world. I have been photographing for 15 years. I have witnessed the simple grandeur of creation and the miracles that surround us in the natural world. Many of my photographic images capture the magic of the wilderness, pure and simple. In fact, I never uses color filters to enhance the images or modify them to be more than what I witnessed at the moment the shutter was snapped. CAMERA EQUIPMENT My cameras of choice is the full spectrum converted Olympus OMD M5 Mark II. I also use a medium format Pentax 645Z digital. EXPRESSIVE PHILOSOPHY When using photo editing software, it is important to express or interpret what was captured, in a...