Category Archives: Rocky Mountain National Park

Night Sky Times 2

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)

Transition

Canon to OM-D.

On this trip I only brought the Olympus OM-D. The change from a larger DSLR to the mirror-less system meant I found myself willing to take the camera with me everywhere. Even to one of the last snow storms of the winter.

Winter to spring.

(outside RMNP, March 2018)

 

Christmas 2017

Headed up into the mountains to see some snow. I took these with an Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II. Since it is a new model to me I was in a “use it to learn it” mode and left the Canon back at the cabin. It was a great experience. Attaching it to the Peak clip on my backpack strap I hardly knew it was there. In short, it was a nice downsize and I was very happy with the images.

(RMNP, early January 2018)

Buchannan Pass

On the trail to Buchannan Pass we followed this pretty stream which may or may not be the Middle St. Vrain Creek. I was shooting this stream a bunch. Lots of pretty spots. But I thought this had the best composition. Camera balanced on backpack, slow shutter, etc.

(Rocky Mountain National Forest, August 2017)

Vacation 2017

We come here so often that it’s a challenge to create something new or a better image than last time. It’s good to be challenged though. In this case I had the help of family to hike with, my favorite model and a late spring snow providing plenty of snow melt.

June 2017

 

Night hike

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I have always wanted to do a night hike up to Gem Lake and do some night sky photography. Seems like it’s always cloudy or something comes up. Finally got my chance this May. 22 second exposure and some light painting on the lake and rocks. The experimentation was part of the fun.

Estes Park, May 2, 2016