Articles from July 2011



5 Tips for Wonderful Wildflower Photos

Posted by Joshua Hardin on July 14, 2011

It’s been a long winter here in Colorado. While photographers in the desert southwest and other regions of the U.S. have been taking photos of hillsides filled with wildflowers as early as February we’ve waited patiently for a large snowpack to melt and our own flowers to begin appearing. That time is finally here. Late […]

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A Tour of Mesa Verde National Park

Posted by Joshua Hardin on July 11, 2011

Note: This post can also be found on the Viewfinder Media Location Guide page! Some of the photos here and many more scenic images of the state can also be found in my book Classic Colorado. Introduction Mesa Verde, Spanish for “Green Table,” is the first national park established to protect works of man rather […]

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Image of the Month: July 2011 Fireworks Time Lapse

Posted by Joshua Hardin on July 5, 2011

embedded by Embedded VideoYouTube Direkt July’s Image of the Month is of yesterday’s 4th of July firework show in Loveland, Colorado as seen from a hill on the southeast side of the city. Instead of one image, this selection actually includes more than 1,000 photographs combined to form a time lapse video. I used my […]

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