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Camera - Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III
ISO - 400
Shutter - 1/500
F/stop - 8
Lens - 500 mm with a 1.4 Canon Extender
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Looking to photograph moose takes time, good location and a lot of favor.
Walden is know for moose so it was a good spot to head to. I had three
days, so that gave me the time and the event happened on my last morning.
Every morning and evening I would turn my attention to looking in the willows and wetlands for moose and always any other wildlife. The area near the Illinois River in the Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge, is a good area to check out. If you head towards the Refuge Headquarters and then turn onto County Rd. 32, take your first right and you will come to a scenic overlook that dead-ends. From here you can look down into the Interpretive Nature Trail, which is next to the river and a good place for moose. I checked this spot often but never saw anything until my last morning. Taking one last peek from this overlook, I saw a moose. Getting back in my Jeep, I made my way to the nature trail. My 500 mm lens with a extender on it, became a 700 mm lens on a mono pod. Knowing where the moose was, I headed in that direction. Not wanting to get the animal upset, I only shot for a short time. He never moved from this location, so my shots are similar but fun.
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1. Drive time from Denver is about 3 hours.
2. If you want to be at a shooting location by sunrise, it comes up about
5:30 AM. For sunset pictures, it goes down around 8:30 PM.
3. Good moose locations are the Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge areas around
Walden on Hwy 125 from Rand to Walden and on Hwy 14.
Ken Papaleo
Colorado Nature Photographer
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