Every summer, I try to spend a week in the San Juan Mountains of southwest Colorado when the wildflowers are blooming. This has always been a photography trip and the fly rod has been left behind. Every year though, I question that decision when I see a nice stream or rises in a mirrored lake. Here is a selection of five images from this past July.
Clear Lake
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Above Mineral Creek near Silverton
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Yankee Boy Basin near Ouray
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Porphyry Falls
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Paintbrush
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