Ken Papaleo: X Marks the Shot: Mountain Goats

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Colorado - Day Tripper 10 - Mount Evans.

"X Shot" information.

Camera - Canon EOS 5D Mark II

ISO - 500

Shutter Speed - 1/500 sec.

F/stop - 4.5

Lens - 70/200 zoom

Mount Evans is about 2 hours from my home. It is the highest paved road in North America at 14,130 feet. We went up for sunset and the nice light and of course the wildlife. We didn't see anything all the way to the top. It was very windy and the animals might have bedded down already. Just before the sun went down, some mountain goats showed up. Pam, my wife and driver, didn't like the drive back down in the dark. The road has straight down cliffs, with no guard-rails.

Ken Papaleo

Colorado Photographer

kenpapaleo@highcountrycoloring.com

303-674-0615

Colorado - Mount Evans, Trip Two, Summer, Idaho Springs.

"X Shot" information.

Camera - Canon EOS 5D Mark II

ISO - 800

Shutter Speed - 1/500 sec

F/stop - 5.6

Lens - 16/35 mm zoom

Mount Evans was closing for the season (way to soon as usual) and I wanted to make one last trip. The weather forecast was thunderstorms, some pretty big. Not much different from my last visit, nice animal and science opportunities. My "X Shot" was taking on my way down the mountain as the storms approached. I't's kind of fun being eye level with the storms.

Ken Papaleo

Colorado Photographer

kenpapaleo@highcountrycoloring.com

303-674-0615

Colorado, Mount Evans, Idaho Springs - Mountain Goats.

"X Shot" information.

Camera - Canon EOS 5D Mark II

ISO - 400

Shutter - 1/1000 sec.

F/stop - 5.6

Lens - 70/200 zoom

This year Mount Evans will stay open until the first major snow storm, instead of closing Labor Day weekend. This will be the first opportunity to photograph the fall colors in this area, in a long time.

More images from Mount Evans Below.