My childhood playground in the forested mountains near Durango, Colorado led to a love of the outdoors and appreciation of the splendors of Nature.

This photo was taken by a Hasselblad 500C medium format film camera with a Carl Zeiss Planar 1:2.8 f=80mm lens and Zenza Bronica 67mm SY44•2C(Y1) filter using Rollei RPX 25 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.