Post 15: Theme 208 Orange

Butterflies are such amazing examples of vibrant color in nature that I couldn't help but use them to fill several of the 365 Challenge Themes.

Post 14: Theme 62 Creepy

Every time I look at this photo it creeps me out! This is from a cockroach exhibit at the Butterfly Pavilion in Denver.

Post 13: Theme 24 Bloom

I think this shot captures a bit of the action behind the theme, so I guess I was going for "blooming" more so than "bloom."

Post 12: Theme 108 Flight

I caught these geese in flight at the National Western Stock Show in Denver. Sometimes the best shots come when you are there to photograph something else entirely (in this case the stock dog trials).
I played around with the recompose tool for the first time when editing this shot. I needed to crop out a partial bird, but I didn't want to lose the great blue sky on the right side of the photo. I'll definitely be using that tool more often.

Post 11: Theme 131 Gold

The Colorado State Capitol Building has an impressive gold dome. The dome is plated in actual gold to commemorate the Colorado gold rush. I think I've fulfilled this theme to its fullest potential - I've got the color gold and real gold!
(HDR must be my running theme at the moment... I think it just really suits these photos.)

Post 10: Theme 66 Curves

This photo is a little busy, but the interesting curves of this building really stood out to me. The HDR effect enhances the reflective properties of the buildings and makes it more eye catching. I didn't have the patience to remove the red lights from the photo.

Post 9: Theme 231 Purple

In looking ahead at the upcoming themes, I've realized "Autumn" is coming up. Since I obviously can't do that one "in order," I've decided to pick themes as they come across my camera lens. This should also help be catch up since I'm SO far behind in posting. So this is Theme 231: Purple.

This house caught my eye as we were driving around town. Purple trim on a house? To each his own. I enhanced the color with a pseudo-HDR plug-in and removed (most) of a neighboring house. A blue sky would have made the color pop even more, but Mother Nature was not cooperating.