INTO THE SUNSET

Posted by Dornbrau (Colorado Springs, United States) on 30 March 2007 in Lifestyle & Culture and Portfolio.

A statue of Kit Carson riding off into the sunset greets visitors just outside the main gate at Fort Carson, Colorado. Now days I see the statue as a representative of the soldiers who currently serve our country.
(This was one of my first pictures taken with my Nikon D70 2 years ago. Sadly I have lost the original file and cling to this copy like a love letter faded and tattered from constant handling.)

*Fort Carson Army Base, Colorado

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Comments (27)

Streetlights from TN, United States

superb silhouette! Saturation is excellent! The cloud on the top left kind of directs your eyes towards the sunset... very well done!

30 Mar 2007 5:11am

Dimitrios from ATHENS, Greece

superb photo

30 Mar 2007 6:15am

Sujit from Hyderabad, India

Fabulous shot. Love the vibrant colours. You should cling on to it.

30 Mar 2007 6:48am

Ins@no from Porto, Portugal

The Looooooooooooooneeeeeeeeeeeeeee Raaaaaaangeeeeeeeeer.

Great Silhoutte.

30 Mar 2007 9:39am

Jerry from Tampa, United States

Phenomenal silhouette Dornbrau! I can understand how you would want to hold on to it! EXCELLENT image my fiend!

30 Mar 2007 10:36am

Daroru from Osaka, Japan

Sensational shot. Very well done.

30 Mar 2007 2:36pm

amy from Rocky Mountain House, Canada

OUTSTANDING!

30 Mar 2007 4:16pm

Manon from Canada

Superbes couleurs!

30 Mar 2007 5:48pm

Still from Valence, France

Wow! Superb image!

30 Mar 2007 8:52pm

Lydia from Ottawa, Canada

Great photo!

30 Mar 2007 9:46pm

joaobelard from Lisboa, Portugal

Great colours!

30 Mar 2007 9:57pm

Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom

This is spectacularly good, every part, that little cloud coming in from the left, the way the landscape glides up to the right, the colours, the shapes, make plenty of backups of your only copy, don't lose this one.

30 Mar 2007 10:07pm

Reza from Montreal, Canada

Incredible ! Every thing is just perfect. great one.

31 Mar 2007 3:35am

Zing from Hamilton, New Zealand

Excellent one, great colours, nice silhouettes.

31 Mar 2007 5:46am

Mike Cash from Kiryu, Japan

I was thinking how magnificent it was to be able to capture the rider like that. Learning that it was a statue did nothing to diminish my appreciation of the image, though. Makes me think of the Lone Ranger radio programs which I love so well.

1 Apr 2007 11:38am

Daniel from United States

Backups are a good thing, eh? Seriously nice photo. The colors are great and you have the angle spot on. The statue really looks like some 1950's cowboy hero riding off into the sunset. Cheers.

1 Apr 2007 4:44pm

andre from Lisbon, Portugal

OUTSTANDING!Excellent work!!

1 Apr 2007 10:33pm

Alain from Paris, France

Excellent!

2 Apr 2007 10:00pm

Igor L.Petroff from Odessa, Ukraine

Very nice photo!

2 Apr 2007 10:21pm

Alloy from Singapore

2 thumbs up for this one

6 Apr 2007 11:45am

Anurag Sharma from Pune, India

I can completely imagine why you would want to hang on to this shot. It is simply superb. Exposure is on the money, and composition is terrific. I have many shots for which I have lost the original scans (from my film shooting days) and I really cherish the bad images that I am left with.

6 Apr 2007 1:49pm

aaxan from Tokyo, Japan

more than great! really beutiful.

8 Apr 2007 7:19am

Pepa Leon from Barcelona, Spain

Nice sky.

12 Apr 2007 4:42pm

Evi from Athens, Greece

Hiiihaaaaaaaaaaa! I lole the colours and motion! Simply perfect!

13 Apr 2007 3:13pm

Inès from Belgium

Just incredible !!!

16 Apr 2007 9:29am

Anup P from Bangalore, India

Beautiful. First I thought this was an action shot. Then I read your description.

18 Apr 2007 4:29am

vitomartin.com from Olivos, Vicente Pelotes, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Excellent tone colors!!! It´s like a Marlboro´s cigars publicity. ;-)

19 Apr 2007 4:01pm

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