I'd gotten a nice taste of winter on my first full day in Colorado during my annual winter break visit. Mother Nature decided I needed a full meal, and sent frigid Arctic air and several inches of snow a few days later.
Hopeful for a colorful sunrise I headed out into 10-below temperatures (according to my car). In that kind of cold I wanted to shoot somewhere I could frequently return to my car to warm up. So I chose Hildebrand Ranch Park. The old two-story barn didn't disappoint, but the clouds weren't ready to cooperate.
I've always been intrigued by this little structure. No idea what it is, and a brief internet search came up empty.
As the clouds drifted south I headed slightly west, drawn by the tire swing at the Rowdy Dog Ranch. Not wishing to trespass on private property I was still able to get a nice composition from the side of the road.
Through the trees I could see the faintest traces of a prism in the sky. Not a rainbow, exactly.
Back at Hildebrand Ranch I could see the interesting phenomenon much more fully. A later internet search told me it's called a sundog -- "colored spots of light that develop due to the refraction of light due to ice crystals," according to the National Weather Service. Pretty cool is what I call it.
Grateful to get to see a little more winter, and keep all my fingers and toes while shooting it!
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