Denver Amateur Weekly Photo: Stanley Hotel - Estes Park

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Sunday, April 22, 2012

Stanley Hotel - Estes Park - Ghost Tour

Joey, my in-laws and I went up to the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park for the afternoon. We took one of ghost tours they offer. Now I wasn't as lucky as some of the people in our group, as I didn't get any orbs, silhouettes or funny shadows, but what I did get was some good pictures of the hotel. This picture was taken of the grand staircase from the lobby of the hotel up into the second floor rooms. Rumor has it that CO Stanley and his wife have been seen several times walking up and down this staircase. I took the picture because I love old wooden staircases, but you can see a picture of CO in the upper left side of the photograph, along with his reflection in the adjacent mirror. I decided to post this picture out of the almost 400 that I took because I like the classical setting that it represents and of course the lighting is excellent in this image. I had my Canon on auto (again) and it captures just enough light to bring the image to life. I'll post some more from my outing and I know that Joey will be posting one or two of his own.

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