Enos Mills' plan for Rocky Mountain National Park called for 1,000 square miles to be included. Congress ultimately included...

Among the Indian Peaks

Indian Peaks Wilderness Area, Colorado

Enos Mills' plan for Rocky Mountain National Park called for 1,000 square miles to be included. Congress ultimately included 415 square miles in RMNP when the park was established in 1915. An additional 120 square miles contiguous to RMNP was designated the Indian Peaks Wilderness by President Jimmy Carter in 1978. The Indian Peaks is jointly adminstered by the National Forest Service and the National Park Service. The Indian Peaks Wilderness has numerous hiking trails, alpine lakes, and primitive/dispersed camping sites. This is one of the most visited wilderness areas in the country due to its close proximity to the Denver metro area. It takes me only about 40 minutes to reach the trailhead and another 45 minutes to hike the 2.2 miles to Lake Isabelle, one of the most beautiful and unknown (outside Denver/Boulder) alpine lakes in the Rockies. To make this photograph, I set up beside the lake outlet and used the foreground flowing water, rocks, and logs to create a 3D effect by emphasizing the distance across the lake to Navajo and Shoshoni Peaks. As is usual on summer days, the sky was empty of clouds until around 11AM, then clouds build very quickly, and you have to be ready. I liked the way sunlight spotlights Shoshoni Peak and the way the clouds fill up the sky, plus the little bit of reflection visible just beyond the waterfall. The dramatic lighting gives a real sense of what it feels like to be on the shore of Lake Isabelle during the summer months. The weather is very active and hikers have to stay alert to the possibility of sudden storms that bring lightening, cold, drenching rain, and hypothermia. I believe Lake Isabelle is every bit as spectacular a setting as the more famous Dream Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park.

Photo © copyright by Michael Lynn Roberts.

Lumachrome TruLife Ultimate Acrylic Print

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These are face-mounted, UV-protected acrylic prints, frameless, and ready-to-hang. For details, see this page.

If needed, custom sizes also can be provided. Contact Michael if you need a custom size.

Please allow 21 business days for printing, finishing, and delivery.

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Roma Framed Lumachrome TruLife Ultimate Acrylic Print

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This is the same LUMACHROME TruLife Acrylic fine art print shown above PLUS framed in Hand-Crafted Italian Roma Moulding for an added, exceptional level of artistic presentation!

Choose your frame style from this page, then place your order below for the framed print. I will email you to confirm your order and to find out which frame style you want. Ordering the artwork YOU LOVE, framed YOUR WAY is as easy as that!

Lumachrome luxury fine art prints face-mounted to TruLife Acrylic exceed the limitations of traditional printing processes. Lumachrome prints allow 3D-like details to emerge from the depths of the image. The transparency layer is infused with iridium particles and encapsulated between the TruLife Acrylic and the white poly surface base layer.

Qualities include: • Brilliant Colors Lasting Over 120Yrs • Superior Color Gamut vs Traditional Fujiflex Prints • Incredible 3D Depth and Dimensionality • Unsurpassed Detail and Ability to Hold Highlights • Superior Shadow Luminosity and Detail • Radiant Glowing Response Under Art Lighting

If needed, custom sizes also can be provided. Contact Michael if you need a custom size.

Please allow 21 business days for printing, finishing, and delivery.

Select a print size:

Ultimate Quality Satin Finish Canvas Print

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These Giclee canvas prints are like nothing you have seen. They are created with 8 color OIL BASED PIGMENT INKS on the finest canvas using custom tone curves. You will be blown away by the oil like original quality of these Ultimate Quality Satin Finish Canvas Prints. These prints have incredible photographic resolution, clarity, vibrancy and Dmax, producing amazing photographic image quality. Ultimate Quality Satin Finish Canvas Prints are waterproof and don't crack like water based canvas.

Characteristics:

VIBRANT COLORS

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These are Gallery-Wrapped, UV-protected canvas prints, unframed, and ready-to-hang. For details, see this page.

If needed, custom sizes also can be provided. Contact Michael if you need a custom size.

Please allow 21 business days for printing, finishing, and delivery.

Select a print size:

Roma Framed Ultimate Quality Satin Finish Canvas Print

Among the Indian Peaks print

This is the same Ultimate Quality Satin Finish Canvas Fine Art shown above PLUS framed in Hand-Crafted Italian Roma Moulding for an added, exceptional level of artistic presentation!

Choose your frame style from this page, then place your order below for the framed print. I will email you to confirm your order and to find out which frame style you want. Ordering the artwork YOU LOVE, framed YOUR WAY is as easy as that!

These Giclee canvas prints are like nothing you have seen. They are created with 8 color OIL BASED PIGMENT INKS on the finest canvas using custom tone curves. You will be blown away by the oil like original quality of these Ultimate Quality Satin Finish Canvas Prints. These prints have incredible photographic resolution, clarity, vibrancy and Dmax, producing amazing photographic image quality. Ultimate Quality Satin Finish Canvas Prints are waterproof and don't crack like water based canvas.

Characteristics:

VIBRANT COLORS

OIL PAINTING QUALITIES

RICH DEEP BLACKS

Please allow 21 business days for printing, finishing, and delivery.

Select a print size:

Prints are delivered by FedEx and should arrive within 3-4 weeks or sooner. I will email you the tracking link once the print(s) have shipped out.

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