Images from Ridgway and Telluride Colorado.

"X Shot" information.

Camera - Canon EOS 5D Mark II

ISO - 200

Shutter Speed - 1/250 sec.

F/stop - 8

Lens - 300 mm

"X Shot" location and information.

1. Drive time from Denver to Ridgway about 6 hours.

2. Having Ridgway as home base gives you short drives to Ouray, Telluride, Dallas Divide and also

    the beautiful area to the east of Ridgway.

3. When shooting clouds, sunrise or sunset, take your readings from the highlight in your picture.  This 

    will give you nice rich colors in the clouds.

4. Before I go to any area to shoot scenics, I do a weather forecast search. I like using 

    www.wunderground.com, they give cloud cover percentage for morning, noon, and evening. 

    If the percentage is not at least 50%, I don't go.

All photos are for sale, contact email address below.

kenpapaleo@highcountrycoloring.com

Ken Papaleo

Colorado Landscape Photographer

303-674-0615

   

Weekend Flash Back - Telluride, Colorado 05/31/2001

                                               "X-Shot" Information.

                                               Camera - Nikon D1H

                                               ISO - 400

                                               Shutter - 1/250 sec.

                                               F/stop - 11

                                               Lens - 14

I was covering a group of unicyclists who rode on mountain trails in Telluride. We drove to the top of a trail and parked. The path had a lot of switch-backs in it that the cyclists followed. Learning earlier that one of the riders regularly ventured out onto a rock, turned around and came back onto the trail, I waited at that location for him to show up. The rock was already in the shadows with a sunlit background so I decided to make him a silhouette. Pre-setting my exposure for the bright background gave me what I wanted.  A wide angle lens was needed to get the rider and the beautiful background in the frame. Taking a low position that would get him up in the sky bit, I waited for my subject and took this picture.

For more information on this picture, contact the e-mail address below.

                                  kenpapaleo@highcountrycoloring.com

Ken Papaleo

Colorado Photographer