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| The Colorado photography tour gets under way in Rocky Mountain National Park where Dream Lake and Hallett Peak, above left, are on the schedule. Elk and Big Horn Sheep are common in the park, and fairly easy to photograph. The Bull Elk above right was on the move but I was fortunate to capture some sharpness where it mattered . . . the head and antlers. |
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Rocky Mountain national park has good variety of Aspen groves at which to point a camera. On each trip I also suggest to clients that they do the same shot with deliberate blur, i.e., use a shutter speed a 15th of a second or slower, and move the camera up and down vertically. There is good and bad blur, but ya' gotta try it.
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Bear Lake sunrise. |
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Big Horn Sheep. |
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The next major stop on the Colorado photography tour is Aspen, which is central for two locations in particular . . . . above, Maroon Lake and Maroon Bells peaks, below, the ghost town of Ashcroft where an old wagon cannot move an inch further.
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A Golden Mantle Squirrel assumes the pose, and are also quite common throughout the Rockies.
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Independence pass to the east of Aspen, Colorado |
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The approach to Crested Butte in the fall is glorious with Aspens often 'blazing' in the dappled light of an autumn Colorado day. 'Tis a spectacular drive indeed. |
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The Dallas Divide at the top of the 8,970' pass. The highest peak in the image is Mt. Sneffels at 14,150'. |
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Mt. Sneffels again, but this time with a zig-zag fence foreground, and a golden Aspen middle foreground. |
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Above, near Telluride is this scene topped by Mt. Wilson at 14,246'. You might recognize this
mountain via the Coors beer marketing efforts. Below is another scene in the Telluride vicinity.
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One last look at Mt. Wilson framed by Aspen trees. |
The low light in Box Canyon Falls near Ouray is a challenge, but a tripod combined with a slow shutter speed will yield pleasing results. |
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Remote and historic Silverton taken on a moody dawn morning during an autumn trip.
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The wide view of Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde NP which was built by the Anasazi Indians. The Cliff Palace ruins contained 151 rooms and 23 kivas and had a population of 100 to 150 people at any given time. The word ‘Anasazi’ is a Navajo Indian word meaning ‘ancient ones’ or ‘ancient foreigners’.
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