During our two week stay in Estes Park, Colorado in late September 2015, my wife Liz and I spent most of our time exploring the nearby Rocky Mountain National Park.
However, we did also take time to have a good look round Estes Park itself, a charming and quirky mid-sized town that is really proud of its heritage.
Part of that pride was evidenced in the number of historic buildings that play a central role in the town's tourist appeal.
Mind you, in the United States the term 'historic' seems to mean anything that's over fifty years old, while I'm used to thinking in terms of thousands of years back home in North Wales ;-)
One of the most iconic historical buildings is the aptly named Historic Park Theatre, built in 1913 and the oldest working movie theatre in the United States.
The building itself is a lovely wooden structure, and looks good either by day or night.
Having photographed the theatre previously by day, Liz and I made the effort to come out at night and photograph it again, lit up against the still glowing blue of the twilight sky.
The fact that the saltwater taffy shops were still open and giving away free samples had nothing to do with it!
Filename - estes park historic park theatre 02
Camera - Canon EOS 6D
Lens - 24-105mm zoom @ 47mm
Exposure - 5 secs @ f11, ISO100
Location - Estes Park, Colorado, U.S.A.
This image - 800x640px JPEG
Conversion - Adobe Lightroom
Comments - Tripod, mirror lockup and cable release used to prevent camera movmeent.
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