Estes Park, in Colorado, must be one of the most friendly and lovely places to stay in the United States.
My wife Liz and I certainly found it to be so during our two week holiday there, spent exploring the nearby Rocky Mountain National Park and generally wandering around town, drinking coffee, looking at the sights and meeting the local folk.
One of the most pleasant walks is the Riverwalk promenade, which follows the course of the Falls River and takes you past some quaint artisan type shops and coffee bars before ending up at one of Estes Park's iconic old buildings, the Historic Park Theatre.
I think the word 'historic' in the United States refers to anything over fifty years old, and this theatre was built in 1913 and is the oldest working movie theatre in the United States.
Even so, it's a lovely landmark building, and well worth a photograph or two.
I really like this view of the theatre, taken from outside a coffee shop on the Riverwalk while sipping a cappuchino, as it places the building in its context at the end of the lovely tree-lined promenade.
A polarising filter helped to darken the blue sky, allowing the theatre's white tower to really stand out.
Filename - estes park historic park theatre 01
Camera - Canon EOS 6D
Lens - 24-105mm zoom @ 35mm
Exposure - 1/25 sec @ f11, ISO100
Location - Estes Park, Colorado, U.S.A.
This image - 800x570px JPEG
Conversion - Adobe Lightroom
Comments - Polarising filter used to enhance colours.
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