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.

"X Shot" information.

Camera - Canon EOS 5D Mark II

ISO - 200

Shutter - 1/2000 sec.

F/stop - 4.5

Lens - 70/200 zoom

Mount Evans, near Idaho Spring, Colorado, is always a good shoot. Between the wildlife, flowers and grand views, you can't go wrong. Just don't go during the day, but early morning and evening work real well.  Mount Evans is the highest paved road in North America. The road is 14 miles long, topping out at the Mount Evans summit parking lot, at 14,130 feet.

Ken Papaleo

Colorado Photographer

kenpapaleo@highcountrycoloring.com

303-674-0615

Colorado, Blood Red Sun, Mount Evans, caused by all the smoke from the fires, in the Northwest part of the country.

"X Shot" information.

Camera - Canon EOS 5D Mark II

ISO - 400

Shutter - 1/500

F/stop - 5.6

Lens - 70/200 zoom

Last Thursday I went to Mount Evans for a photo shoot, maybe some goats, sheep and some wildflowers. Getting there before sunrise, I sat in my car, waiting for first light. Not knowing the front range had filled in with smoke from the Northwest, I was surprised when the sun made it's appearance. Coming out of the smoke, it was a deep red and then changed a number of times. The photos below show those changes. The photo above was on Cannel 4, part of a smoke story.

Ken Papaleo

Colorado Landscape Photographer

kenpapaleo@highcountrycoloring.com

303-674-0615