"X Shot" information.
Camera - Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III
ISO-1000
Shutter Speed - 1/2000
F/stop - 4.5
Lens - 500 mm on monopod
Ken Papaleo
Colorado Photographer
303-674-0615
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Colorado - Elk Cause Traffic Jam on HWY 74, in Evergreen.
"X Shot" information.
Camera - Canon Eos 5D II
ISO - 400
Shutter - 1/200 sec
F/stop - 5.6
Len - 70/200 zoom
Ken Papaleo
Colorado Photographer
303-674-0615
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Colorado, Elk Road Block in Evergreen.
"X Shot" information.
Camera - Canon EOS 5D Mark II
ISO - 400
Shutter - 1/500 sec.
F/stop - 5.6
Lens - 70/200 zoom
While driving home I came upon a herd of elk blocking traffic on Brook Forest Road.
Pulling over, I took photos until they cleared the road. Some drivers enjoy the delay, others not so much.
Ken Papaleo
Colorado Wildlife Photographer
303-674-0615
Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes Park, Colorado.
"X Shot" information.
Camera - Canon EOS 5D Mark II
ISO - 500
Shutter - 1/2000 sec.
F/stop - 4.5
Lens - 500 mm
Mono pod used in this shot.
LOCATION.
1. Rocky Mountain National Park.
2. Drive time from Denver about 3 hours, depending on traffic.
3. Lodging in Estes Park.
THE CHALLENGE.
Upon arriving at the park I noticed a couple of things. First there wan't much snow on the mountains and there was a lot of red trees, from beetle kill. The real eye catching overview scenic images weren't going to happen.
THE SOLUTION.
The aspens were blooming with brilliant light green leaves and the wildlife were plenty, so they were going to be my main targets. If I did a mountain view it would have to be before sunrise or after sunset, making the mountains a silhouette, hopefully with a great sky.
OTHER PHOTOS FROM ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK
ALL PHOTOS ARE FOR SALE, CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW.
Ken Papaleo
Colorado Landscape Photographer
303-674-0615
Rocky Mountain National Park - Estes Park, Colorado
“X-Shot” Information”
Camera - Canon EOS Mark III
ISO- 1600
Shutter - 1/60 sec.
F/stop - 2.8
Lens - 150 mm
Rocky Mountain National Park in the winter was a good choice for a photo shoot, even though Trail Ridge Road was closed for the season. Still available were Bear Lake, Horseshoe Park, Moraine Park and part of Trail Ridge Road up to Many Parks Curve. When I go to a place like this it always involves staying over night. That gives me two good shooting opportunities, evening and early morning, hopefully with the very best light. The Park was pretty empty and the weather was perfect, with some nice clouds. Everything fell into place on this shoot, even my “X-Shot” came out of no where. Driving towards the park exit, the sun had already set and it was almost dark when I spotted a large herd of younger elk. Pulling over slowly, not wanting to spook them off, my power window slowly went down. The light was very bad. My ISO was already at 1600, a shutter speed of 1/60 second with an f/stop 2.8 is not much to work with. The elk were just standing there doing nothing worthy of a picture but my eye was up against the camera anyway. Just then a car approached, blaring load music out of its windows. It pulled in right behind me and came to a quick stop. A man jumped out, holding a little flash camera. Once that flash went off all the elk turned their back on us and headed up a hill. Wow, all of a sudden there was this neat image right in front of me. I steadied my camera on the car door and shot away. I didn’t know if my slow shutter speed would stop their movement but knew my f/stop would never give me enough depth to get everything sharp. As it turned out the elk in the foreground were sharp and in focus, but the depth of field fell off after that and the image was also pretty grainy. Despite those problems the photo was still very interesting and it became my favorite shot of the trip.
“X-Shot” Location information:
1. Drive time from Denver is about two and a half hours.
2. Enter the park from the Estes Park side, to get to these locations.
3. On this shoot I liked the morning light the best as most of this section of the park
faces east towards the rising sun.
Ken Papaleo
Colorado Photographer
All photographs for sale, contact e-mail address below.
About Me
- Ken Papaleo
- Evergreen, Colorado, United States
- I worked for the Rocky Mountain News for 28 years, until they went out of business. I now do freelance work, post this weekly blog, ski and play with my four grand children. I still have the love to get out and take photographs, which brings me great peace and comfort.
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