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For the Natives

Photo Thoughts : Colorado is a place very rich in history, with many Native American tribes and Nations calling this home at one time. Some of which are ancient people, while others were not so far long ago, who still remain today. In fact, Colorado is actually named after a word in Native American Language (I THINK Arapaho ??) which means "Land Of The Colorful Sky" While shooting at The Garden of the Gods, I happened upon this structure which was newly completed, and gazed in awe at it. There was no name to it, nothing describing what it was, nothing telling why it was here....so new it was. However it gained my attention quite fast, and the architecture here harks back to Native American style, with it's 4 posts and Adobe style in the color and the roof, with the wood coming out at the corners. I believe that it was going to be dedicated to the Native Americans, after all, this is Garden of the Gods, a place that they once inhabited and consider sacred still to this day. Nothing else would explain the architecture style.....needless to say, it was gorgeous and I shot several shots of it.....

Photo Details I really wanted a shot that stood out for this, so I walked around several minutes, analyzing the angles, trying to figure out how the light worked best....and I ended up with this one. I actually went ahead and left the trashcan in...on purpose. Why? Well I wanted a sense of man in this, and also for scale. It also offsets the color and contrast some. I decided to process this in HDR using Photomatix with final output through LucisArt and Photoshop

Thoughts most welcome and print to come!

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See more on my website jdebordphoto.com
All artwork is © John De Bord, All Rights Reserved. You may not use, replicate, manipulate, redistribute, or modify this image without my express consent

Description
For the Natives

Photo Thoughts : Colorado is a place very rich in history, with many Native American tribes and Nations calling this home at one time. Some of which are ancient people, while others were not so far long ago, who still remain today. In fact, Colorado is actually named after a word in Native American Language (I THINK Arapaho ??) which means "Land Of The Colorful Sky" While shooting at The Garden of the Gods, I happened upon this structure which was newly completed, and gazed in awe at it. There was no name to it, nothing describing what it was, nothing telling why it was here....so new it was. However it gained my attention quite fast, and the architecture here harks back to Native American style, with it's 4 posts and Adobe style in the color and the roof, with the wood coming out at the corners. I believe that it was going to be dedicated to the Native Americans, after all, this is Garden of the Gods, a place that they once inhabited and consider sacred still to this day. Nothing else would explain the architecture style.....needless to say, it was gorgeous and I shot several shots of it.....

Photo Details I really wanted a shot that stood out for this, so I walked around several minutes, analyzing the angles, trying to figure out how the light worked best....and I ended up with this one. I actually went ahead and left the trashcan in...on purpose. Why? Well I wanted a sense of man in this, and also for scale. It also offsets the color and contrast some. I decided to process this in HDR using Photomatix with final output through LucisArt and Photoshop

Thoughts most welcome and print to come!

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See more on my website jdebordphoto.com
All artwork is © John De Bord, All Rights Reserved. You may not use, replicate, manipulate, redistribute, or modify this image without my express consent