Walden Ponds, A Late Summer Afternoon

Walden Ponds, #12, Boulder, Colorado, 2018

Just 15 minutes from downtown Boulder, Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat (and, of course, the right-next-door Sawhill Ponds Wildlife Preserve) is a wonderful go-to place for sunset (or sunrise!) photography.

Here are some typical late afternoon through sunset images…with reflections…and sobering reflections about this date 17 years ago.

The landscape view, in late afternoon light, with Bear Mountain and the Flatirons in the background. Even the Devil’s Thumb (Boulder “Boner”!?) is visible on the far ridgeline:

Walden Ponds, #5, Boulder, Colorado, 2018

Some slightly more intimate “Waldenscapes”:

Walden Ponds, #1, Boulder, Colorado, 2018

Walden Ponds, #3, Boulder, Colorado, 2018

Walden Ponds, #8, Boulder, Colorado, 2018

Disorienting reflections:

Walden Ponds, #7, Boulder, Colorado, 2018

A “Dreamworks” scape, perhaps?

Walden Ponds, #15, Boulder, Colorado, 2018

The sun moves below the Front Range peaks. Longs Peak is just barely visible in the far distance on the right:

Walden Ponds, #17, Boulder, Colorado, 2018