Too late for the Milky Way, too much wind, too cold to stay long but I took a quick shot of the church and couldn’t believe the statue lit so well in the moonlight. https://campstmalo.org/
OM-1, 38mm, f4, iso 3200, 15 sec.
Saint Malo
Category Archives: Outdoors
Shiprock at Night
Night photo with medium tele with a bit of star trails. Taken during an excellent workshop with Bryan Maltais. https://www.wildernessshots.com/
OM-1, 100mm, f4, 15 sec., ISO 3200, stacked
Bears! Oh my!
Bear sightings are rare in Rocky Mountain National Park. I got lucky this day as I saw a bunch of cars pulled over and people looking at a small bluff about 75 yards away. At first I thought elk or maybe sheep but when we heard it was a bear I was all about it.
Olympus OM-1, 400mm, iso 2000, f8, 1/60
Angels Landing
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The early morning of March 23 at Zion National Park started with a record snowfall. We had been lucky to get a lottery spot for Angels Landing. With the effort to get there and the money spent there was nothing to do but try to see how far we could get. Clouds and snow came and went but we made it to the top. My reward was some great pics.
Olympus Tough, different settings, mostly on automatic.
Lake Haiyaha
In June of 2022, there was a massive rockfall off Hallett Peak. The rocks grinding together made a fine mineral flour that does not settle quickly. It was this flour that gave Haiyaha this milky aquamarine color. This was taken in October and the lake still had much of that color.
Ice
Thinking about ice in the August mid-west weather… Ouray, CO, last Feburary.
Ride the Flare
Second time I’ve tried this. Learned to pick time of day and my place to shoot. Sun was so bright it was hard to use the view finder so I knew what I wanted but couldn’t tell if I got it until I came down off the mountain. Sometimes I get lucky.
Milky-way from Horseshoe
On my last trip to Estes I had one night to try to capture the Milky-way. It was the first night there. The other nights were too cloudy and the moon was waxing too. I dragged my buddy Tom with with me to experience the stars in the darkness.
Later I tried Live Composite in camera, stacking in Photoshop and just processing in Lightroom. This is from Lightroom. The others were no better.
It was a nice night- clear, comfortable temps, no wind. A pack of coyotes were howling in the meadow, they were having a good time too.
Alpine Snowboarding
A big mid-March snow gave me a great opportunity for snowboarding pics. Beautiful day, no wind. Used my snowshoes to stamp out an place in knee deep show so I had my pic of placement. So fun.
Ice Climbing
In the Wild Basin area of RMNP we took a horse trail I hadn’t been on before. Got a great opportunity to watch and photo my son making a few runs up the ice. Not gonna lie, there were a lot more chunks of ice flying around than I expected. Glad I brought my helmet.
February 10, 2021