Black Canyon, by the Blue Mesa Reservoir, near Gunnison, Colorado. The Sun was setting and the colors were really interesting.

Three images, tonemapped using Nik Software HDR Efex Pro plugin for Adobe Lightroom 4.

Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM.

Photo Settings: 20mm, f/11, ISO 320.

Map: 38.4525, -107.3433

Take from a pullout off the Fall River Road in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado.

Sadly, throughout Colorado (and other parts of the U.S.), you'll see swaths of dead pine trees. This is due to a pine beetle infestation from the past several years. Hopefully, the damage is slowing!

Three exposures, tone-mapped in HDR Efex Pro. Adobe Lightroom 5, Nik HDR Efex Pro, Nik Color Efex Pro.

Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM.

Photo Settings: 23mm, f/11, ISO 100.

Map: 40.3967, -105.6192

The South Dakota Badlands in the late afternoon sun.

Three exposures, tonemapped in Nik HDR Efex Pro. Nik Color Efex Pro, Adobe Lightroom 5.

Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM.

Photo Settings: 16mm, f/8.

Map: 43.8664, -102.2306

Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.

Taken before sunrise because I forgot my ND filter. Three exposures, tone-mapped in Nik Software HDR Efex Pro plugin for Adobe Lightroom 4, then warmed up a bit using Nik Color Efex Pro.

Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM.

Photo Settings: 70mm, f/16, ISO 100.

Map: 44.7208, -110.4886

At Maroon Lake near Aspen, Colorado. Unfortunately, I was a few weeks too late to catch the Aspen colors! (note the bare trees on the right).

Three exposures, tonemapped in Nik HDR Efex Pro plugin for Lightroom, then warmed up a bit in Nik Color Efex Pro.

Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM.

Photo Settings: 20mm, f/16, ISO 160.

Map: 39.0981, -106.9431

Taken right off US Highway 285 near Fairplay, Colorado. Aspen and the weather were really interesting that day! Three images tone-mapped in Nik HDR Efex Pro.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, Nik HDR Efex Pro

Location: 39.41477833, -105.76022167.

A three-exposure tone-map using Photomatix, I believe. The colors were fantastic that day, and the clouds just added to it.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM, Adobe Lightroom 3 with Photomatix.

Location: 39.41829167, -105.77753333