I had the opportunity to visit the Great Escape Mustang Sanctuary (https://greatescapesanctuary.org/) and photograph these beautiful animals. While we had snow a week earlier, there was great weather for this sunset photo op.
I highly recommend this place- great staff, very accommodating and we came home not only with great photos but a greater knowledge about the wild mustangs from the Sand Wash Basin of Colorado and their rescue.
There are some things that never get old. Finding places like this is one of them.
( Rocky Mountain National Forest, OMD-E1 Mk2, 18mm, September, 2019)
Yep, you read the headline right. Lots of snow up in the park in late May this year. The lake was completely frozen over and covered in snow. Sure was pretty though.
( Rocky Mountain National Park, OMD-E1 Mk2, 23mm, May 29, 2019)
I thought I’d captured a great pic of Trevor snowboarding. So I posted it to Facebook… or tried to. It kept timing out so I thought it didn’t go. I gave up. But some people saw it and liked it. But I still can’t. Thanks Facebook.
( Rocky Mountain National Park, OMD-E1 Mk2, 44mm, March 10, 2019)
I had a free day to go shoot in the park. I had taken a nice long hike but didn’t really find anything that interesting all day. I was about 1/2 mile from my house when I saw this iconic Estes Park shot- elk fighting AND the Twin Owls. Just another example of being ready when the scene presents itself.
Olympus E-M1 II, 57mm
Beaver Meadows and Monument Rocks, night sky.
Recently I had the opportunity to do night sky photos in 2 amazing yet different places, 2 days apart. Beaver Meadows (left) and Monument Rocks (right). Both nights were clear but the new moon was much brighter at Monument Rocks. The additional light was good for lighting up the rocks but it made the Milky Way much dimmer. At Monument Rocks I used 1 – 2 f-stops less.
Regardless, I enjoyed the amazing nights with a couple of good friends.
(RMNP, Monument Rocks Kansas, OMD-E1 Mk2, 7.5 mm fisheye, Sept 2018)
Mountain House
I wish I could say I found this house off the beaten track, high in the mountains but the truth is it was just at the beginning of a trail head in the front range.
OMD-EM1 Mark II, August 2018
A recent trip to the middle of Kansas brought me to Abeline. And to a train on a hot and windy day. To keep from thinking about the heat I decided to see how much I could squeeze out of the landscape. You know, it’s Kansas.
Close to Abeline, Kansas. June 2018
Moose…finally. I chose a super windy day to drive up Trailridge. It was too windy for elk so I headed on down the west side. This girl was taking her time eating the spring grass. I had wanted a moose pic for a long time and finally got my chance.
(RMNP, June 2018. OMD-E M5 Mark ii, 300mm)
I spent a couple days roaming around central Kansas. Just hiking around with my camera. On the second day I was at Wilson Lake, northwest of Salina. Some really nice rock formations. I thought I’d do some astral photography with those rocks in the foreground but there was too much light in the north from the city of Lucas. I don’t think the night sky shot would’ve been better than this though.
(Wilson Lake, May 2018)