Anatomy of a Composition - what lies beneath

For now, I was able to put up more images at Banded Oak Brewing, in downtown Denver. Banded Oak is one of Denver’s finest micro-breweries. They have earned Gold at the Great American Beer Festival and they are most known for their barrel-age technique. They have renovated the brewing area to accommodate for more seating, and the ample wall space offers great natural light for viewing the different pieces of art. The tap-house is open 7-days a week, and is located at: 470 North Broadway, Denver CO

Anatomy of a Composition - The West Can Change You - II

For now, I was able to put up more images at Banded Oak Brewing, in downtown Denver. Banded Oak is one of Denver’s finest micro-breweries. They have earned Gold at the Great American Beer Festival and they are most known for their barrel-age technique. They have renovated the brewing area to accommodate for more seating, and the ample wall space offers great natural light for viewing the different pieces of art. The tap-house is open 7-days a week, and is located at: 470 North Broadway, Denver CO

Anatomy of a Composition - Finding Fall (Buffalo Pass II)

This year’s calendar is now available! It features a collection of shots taken each month from around Colorado to share the unique beauty of the state throughout the entire year. You can preview a Web Gallery for all of the images inside this year’s calendar.

For now, you can see more images in person at Banded Oak Brewing, in downtown Denver. Banded Oak is one of Denver’s finest micro-breweries. They have earned Gold at the Great American Beer Festival and they are most known for their barrel-age technique. They have renovated the brewing area to accommodate for more seating, and the ample wall space offers great natural light for viewing the different pieces of art. The tap-house is open 7-days a week, and is located at: 470 North Broadway, Denver CO

Colorado, Landscape, Rocky MountainsMatthew LandonOctober 23, 2021Colorado, Colorful Colorado, Rocky Mountains, Steamboat Springs, aspens, autumnComment

Anatomy of a Composition - Finding Fall (Buffalo Pass)

This year’s calendar is now available! It features a collection of shots taken each month from around Colorado to share the unique beauty of the state throughout the entire year. You can preview a Web Gallery for all of the images inside this year’s calendar.

For now, you can see more images in person at Banded Oak Brewing, in downtown Denver. Banded Oak is one of Denver’s finest micro-breweries. They have earned Gold at the Great American Beer Festival and they are most known for their barrel-age technique. They have renovated the brewing area to accommodate for more seating, and the ample wall space offers great natural light for viewing the different pieces of art. The tap-house is open 7-days a week, and is located at: 470 North Broadway, Denver CO

Anatomy of a Composition - Finding Fall

This year’s calendar is now available for sale! I features a collection of shots taken each month from around Colorado to share the unique beauty of the state throughout the entire year. You can preview a Web Gallery for all of the images inside this year’s calendar.

For now, you can see more images in person at Banded Oak Brewing, in downtown Denver. Banded Oak is one of Denver’s finest micro-breweries. They have earned Gold at the Great American Beer Festival and they are most known for their barrel-age technique. They have renovated the brewing area to accommodate for more seating, and the ample wall space offers great natural light for viewing the different pieces of art. The tap-house is open 7-days a week, and is located at: 470 North Broadway, Denver CO

Anatomy of a Composition - Rabbit Ears Winter Night

Getting to the western side of the Pass I found this composition - a large snow field, surrounded by pine trees, with the top of a high ridge off in the distance, but best of all, the North Star was clearly visible high in the sky above the whole setting. The challenge was that this spot is right along the road, with no real shoulder to safely park in. This would mean parking a distance away, and then standing next to the camera while it recorded the scene, 500 frames in total, or leaving the camera setting by itself on a cold winter night, along the highway, a lone witness to the traversing night sky.

Anatomy of a Composition - Revisits

One of the interesting aspects of revisiting a site is seeing the change that takes place year in and year out. Somewhere in the past two years what was a twin Cottonwood now stands alone, it’s partner having lost its battle to time and the elements.

Anatomy of a Composition - Revisits ISO 100 | f/11 | 1/160 sec.

Colorado, Winter, LandscapeMatthew LandonMarch 7, 2021Steamboat Springs, sonyalpha, sunset, Sleeping Giant, Rocky Mountains, Colorado, Sony, gmaster, 16-35GM, WinterComment

Anatomy of a Composition - A Deafening Silence

This small well shed lays in the middle of a huge hay field in the upper Yampa River valley. There isn’t a home within a 2-mile radius of it, and when heavier snow falls occur, the banks of blown snot will reach the eave of the shed. This winter the snow has quite done what was expected, and even though there was new snow falling, this shed will most likely stand out for the remainder of the winter like it is. This day, in between a few blustery furries, the silence fell around the scene - and sitting out in the open field it is easy to image how deafening that silence can be.

Anatomy of a Composition - a deafening silence - ISO 100 | F/5.6 | 1/4000 sec. - Sony a7iii - Sony FE 200600G

Landscape, Winter, ColoradoMatthew LandonMarch 3, 2021winterscapes, snow, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, sonyalphaComment

Anatomy of a Composition - Reset

Colorado, Winter, Landscape, Black & WhiteMatthew LandonFebruary 28, 2021Steamboat Springs, winterscapes, Elk River, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, Winter, Sony, sonya, bealphaComment

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