Balloon Flower 4

More orange and other colors.  I like that you can really see the balloon basket, light side and dark side, which gets lost in some of the other balloon flower pictures.

movement of the light

One of the problems with night time photography is that you need a tripod to not blur.  On the other hand sometimes movement has an interesting dynamic of it's own. The above picture moved a bit - so it looks like painting with light.

purple cactus

Have always loved these prickly pear cactus that shade from purple to a teal green.  Above mandala has mostly the purple parts - it was against a tan adobe wall.

Aspen2

Original Picture.  Never seen such red aspen.

Aspen

The aspen turned bright colors this year, from red to orange to their usual golden colors.  There were 4 trees in a row that had turned a bright red-orange.  They just stood out on the edge of a field near the road.