Favored
This beautiful stormy scene presented itself as I was overlooking the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs. (If you look closely, you can see the Kissing Camels near the lower right-hand corner.) Hard to imagine it’s in the middle of a huge city.
Update 20-June: Exciting news! This photo was chosen to be published in Gaia – The Living Planet, a book compiled of imagery and poetry from within the RB community. I’m so excited to receive my copy in the mail soon!
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Torfinn Johann...
WOW! Excellent colours, composition, and rays. Well done!
SkyFox
Pure amazing!
jacqi
That is just fabulous. Well captured.
Paul Scarsella
awesome shot Nikki!
cherylc1
awesome
Kaylene B
AH! its beautiful! The title is PERFECT!!
Andrew Edgar
beautiful image
Linda Sannuti
stunning!!!!
nykonian
everyone else has already said it… but I am happy to be repititious…. this is a WOW factor!!
Helene Kippert
Awesome!
Sande Elkins
So lovely!!
Mohammed Al Ib...
beautiful capture!!!
shotzbyjay
beautiful shot, Nikki! Another place on my “to visit someday” list!
Matt White
What a beauty
Luke Meers
fantastic stufff! i like to call these “God rays” :D
Craig Hender
Nicely done! I love the processing, and it is superbly composed. Well done.
Gene Praag
Only one word comes to mind “Stunning”
Geoff Coleman...
What an appropriately named park!! One of the best sunbeam shots I’ve seen -the light and tone are just stunning in this shot – a completely fantasy landscape in the heart of a city! Beautiful work.
Trace Lowe
Absolutely awesome! It is such a magical shot. Nice work!
Azzurra
wow this is MAGIC capturing!!! awesome
Curtiss Simpson
Beautiful light you captured, love it !
LindaR
spot on!
Scott Denny
Like God breaking through the darkness…Great job!
coffeebean
AMAZING! excellent capture
Jeremy Harrington
fantastic shot Nikki
Daniel Rens
Breathtaking view!
Dave Aarons
Wow, stunning, great work
micmac
BEAUTIFUL SKY ,NICE SHOT.
Paul Scarsella
beautiful heavenly light!
Glenn-Patrick ...
envious.
Macky
An awesome piece of work Nikki, well done!!
M Malicki Beser
stunning
BYRON
Nikki, tell me you did this in Photoshops pleeeeeease!
If you captured this in-camera I will be so terribly jealous.
Nikki Trexel replied
hey Byron – glad you liked it! i did some dodge-n-burn to bring out the highlights and brighten up the ground where the sun was shining. but it is pretty close to original. :)
RLHall
Awesome!
DawsonImages
Powerful light
H M Bascom
Wow that is quite a shot! Fantastic.
Wendella Reeves
This such a stunnung shot!
DawsonImages
A nice display of Godbeams
Jan Landers
stunning shot, nikki!!! amazing light and depth….just beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!
Heidi Garner
Godbeams indeed! This is spiritual in its beauty. I love it. :)
Matt Halls
Incredible sunburst shot…very well done!
Jenni77
Beautiful…..I love how the sun is bursting through the clouds
Caren Schwartz
This is wonderful!
HenkStolk
like this one
paulevelin
pure beauty
outstanding
Imber
Nice!
Gaurav Dhup
Outstanding!
Martie Venter
A powerfully beautiful shot, those light rays are amazing!
Miron Abramovici
Shot in the Garden of Gods – you must have a special relation with “them”! Outstanding image!
Ryan Houston
Nice shot…
champion
Spectacular shot. Well done and thanks.
David Harris
Thank you for sharing this!! It is so beautiful!
jdmphotography
stunning capture ! (-:
Ken Mucke
Amazing lighting…and love the tones throughout…brilliant shot
linaji
Not too bad yourself Nikki!! like much!
AnnieD
Wonderful lighting – love the rays!!
AtaAlishahi
beautiful :)
Zaldy Infante
brilliant capture
Melanie McQuoid
Stunning
Zaldy Infante
had to look at this again. so wonderful.
louisvisagie
thanks for the comment on ‘the descent from the cross’ i simply love your photograph- would make such a great painting too- in oil glazed to high heaven
Magda Beda
amazing.
Mui-Ling Teh
Glad you mentioned the camels; I wouldn’t have noticed otherwise. This shot is very stunning; the most beautiful skies always seem to follow the worst storms.
Iani
Love this pic the beam of light awesome
heathernicole00
Garden of the Gods is one of my favorite places and this shot is soo amzing!
aambience
Wow such a moment that you’ve captured.
photosan
when a ray of light seems to burst through the clouds when normally there would be none…it is God’s gentle nudge with his mighty finger that forces the moment…this is spectacular…
Vincent Teh
Excellent capture, it reminds me of the valley in the Land before Time, brilliant!
Nikki Trexel replied
“the great valley!” LOL. haven’t seen that in a long time, but i totally see the resemblance! thanks for the comment Vincent! :)
SparrowSalvage
WOW! This is just…magic. It’s like in sci-fi fantasy where a lost city is revealed to the hero by a shaft of sunlight. Maybe you better go exploring down there. ;)
Shree
Fantastic show of artistic skills, indeed your pic speaks much more than words…
vonne
WOW! This is perfect!
Mauricio Jimenez
Love the light!
David Iori
Gorgeous
lightsmith
that is truly superb. Like the kiss of the angels – brilliant.
AthenaBlanco
Amazing work Nikki
Cathy Cale
Fantastic Absolutely breathtaking!
Angelaka Black
Inspirational!
steen
lovely…looks like an oil on canvas
Natalie Broome
it looks wonderful!
Mark Peterson
Beautiful image!
Steve Chapple
Bold amazing image, so strong!
Paul Scarsella
amazing heavenly light!!!
Angi Baker
Stunning Nikki
Squealia
Good title for brill picture
George Lenz
awesome sky and congrats on the book…
amarica
Beautiful image
loramae
Breathtaking Image of God’s Artistry! =)
Northof40
Very cool shot….. Nice work
transcentral
beautiful place – perfect image.
AtaAlishahi
beautiful shot :)
Tara Sheffer-A...
Absolutely georgous!!!!
Maria Lavelle
stunning image
Graeme Pettit ...
Congratulations on being in Gaia – deserved indeed as this image has astounding light. Beautiful
Rajdev D
What a shot…like God is gonna land any time
Alessandro Pinto
Now.. don´t tell me you took this one from a bus like the one in Peru…!!!.. Anyway Amazing Capture..!!
Mar Silva
What an amazing sky! Beautiful image!
coolart
Congratulations on your very welldeserved published work in Gaia-The living planet Bravo excellent
Nikki Collier
simply Beautiful and the way the sky opened up for you is perfect!! love the camels…
Marie Sharp
Magnificent!!
Sensiworld
Wow, beautiful ! Love the ray of light.
Elenne Boothe
Wonderful title for a beautiful picture. when I was a little girl, grandma would always say the when the sun shines throuh the clouds, those beams was from heaven and she call them ” Beams of Heaven” so beautiful Nikki.
velveteagle
The light the beauty.. You were so lucky to see and capture this..
HeidiEPlummer
wow
Dayonda
This is gorgeous! Thank you so much for sharing this art with the group!
Kathie Nichols
Simply breathtaking Nikki….wow!
Larry Hartshorn
your work answers how Garden of the Gods got it’s name… you captured that sense!
Warrior
Amazing shot !!!!