The Story Behind This Shot
A double exposure of two grizzlies sparring at The Wild Animal Sanctuary, with blue sky across their chests and the capped hoodoos and banded clay of the Paint Mines near Calhan filling their legs. People have used this site for about 9,000 years, and Indigenous peoples collected the colored clay here to make paint. Both halves of this one come from the eastern plains, where most people assume nothing happens.
A colorful, unusual wildlife print from two corners of Colorado most people drive right past.
About Paint Mines
Grizzlies - Paint Mines is a double exposure; its landscape was photographed at Paint Mines Interpretive Park, Calhan. Candy-striped clay hoodoos hidden in the prairie east of Colorado Springs.
- Size: About 750 acres
- Trails: About 4 miles
- Hours: Dawn to dusk, year-round
Best light: The first and last hour of light make the clay bands glow and add depth to the gullies; midday light washes out the colors.
Paint Mines hiking & photo guide → · More photos from Paint Mines Interpretive Park →
Grizzlies - Paint Mines
Paint Mines Interpretive Park, Calhan
Part of Wild Peaks, double exposures of Colorado wildlife and mountains →
Hike to this spot: Paint Mines guide →
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Drawn to scale: a 16" × 20" print over an 84" sofa on an 8-ft wall (about 19% of the sofa width — designers aim for roughly 60–75%).
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