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Colorado - "X Marks the Shot" put on hold.

New entries to my photo blog "X Marks the Shot" will be put on hold for awhile. It seems that I have MDS, a type of terminal bone marrow cancer. They tell me I have 1 to 3 years. After I get use to the side effects of chemo and get my life back into some order, I will be back out shooting. Until then I have almost 10 years of posts from all around Colorado, please check some of them out.

Thanks for all your views over the years.

Be Back Soon!

Ken

Colorado - Sunrise on the Continental Divide, Evergreen - Flash Back, 10/13/2005

"X Shot" information.

Camera - Nikon D2H

ISO - 400

Shutter - 1/250 sec.

F/stop - 2.8

Lens - 70/200 zoom

Ken Papaleo

Colorado Photographer

kenpapaleo@highcountrycoloring.com

303-674-0615

Colorado Memorial Day Flash Back Photos

"X Shot" information.

Camera - Canon EOS-1D Mark II

ISO - 100

Shutter - 1/250 sec.

F/stop - 16

Lens - 16 mm

These photos, to me, show the spirit of Memorial Day, even though they were not all shot on the holiday.

Ken Papaleo

Colorado Photographer

kenpapaleo@highcountrycoloring.com

303-674-0615

Weekend Flash Back - Clark, Colorado, 12/12/2006.

"X Shot" information.

Camera - Canon EOS-1D Mark II

ISO - 800

Shutter - 1/125

F/stop - 5.6

Lens - 16/35 zoom.

NOTE - an off camera strobe was used for this shot.

Ken Papaleo

Colorado Photographer

kenpapaleo@highcountrycoloring.com

303-674-0615

Evergreen Lake, Colorado.

"X Shot" information.

ISO - 200.

Camera - Canon EOS 5D Mark II.

Shutter - 1/500 sec.

F/stop - 11

Lens - 70/200 zoom.

LOCATION.

1. Evergreen lake is about 10 minutes south on the Evergreen Parkway, off I-70.

2. People are now ice fishing on the lake.

3. Here the ice skating area is being plowed off for opening day.

4. Usually opens for skating sometime in December, weather permitting.

CHALLENGE.

Get in my Jeep and start driving around looking for feature photos for the "X Shot".

SOLUTION.

I came upon a nice situation pretty quick. At Evergreen Lake, a crew worked on clearing snow off that part of the lake used for ice skating. It was a to cold and windy day for a hike but I had to get some elevation to show the patterns carved on the ice. I went light, carrying two cameras with a couple of lenses. The hike did the trick, I was able get some nice images.

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Ken Papaleo

Colorado Photographer

303-674-0615

Weekend Flash Back - Evergreen Colorado, 4/10/2005.

"X Shot" information.

Camera - Nikon D2H

ISO - 400

Shutter - 1/250 sec.

F/stop - 5.6

Lens - 24 mm.

Ken Papaleo

Colorado Photographer

kenpapaleo@highcountrycoloring.com

303-674-0615

Weekend Flash Back - Denver Zoo, Colorado, 1/27/2005.

"X Shot" information.

Camera - Nikon D2H.

ISO - 400

Shutter - 1/500 sec.

F/stop - 5.6

Lens - 300 mm

Ken Papaleo

Colorado Photographer

kenpapaleo@highcountrycoloring

303-674-0615

Weekend Flash Back - Denver, Colorado, 12/6/2005.

"X Shot" information.

Camera - Nikon D2H

ISO - 400

Shutter - 1/320 sec.

F/stop - 5.6

Lens - 70/200 zoom.

Ken Papaleo

Colorado Photographer

kenpapaleo@highcountrycoloring.com

303-674-0615

Weekend Flash Back - 3/9/05, Arches National Park, Moab, Utah.

"X Shot" information.

Camera - Nikon D1H

Shutter - 1/100 sec.

F/stop - 20

Lens - 70/200 zoom

Ken Papaleo

Colorado Photographer

kenpapaleo@highcountrycoloring.com

303-674-0615

Summit County Mountains, Colorado.

"X Shot" information.

Camera - Canon EOS 5D Mark II

ISO - 200

Shutter - 1/500 sec.

F/stop - 5.6

Lens - 300 mm

CHALLENGE.

The direction of my blog is now changing! In the past, I would travel to 3 or 4 places a month, in Colorado, to show viewers how beautiful our state is. Due to the economy and a bad year for work, I can no longer do that. One trip a month is now in order, but I wanted to keep my weekly photo blog going. While working for the Rocky Mountain News, one of my photo strengths was cruising for features, images that could stand a lone, with only a caption. I'm going to start picking a certain area and do just that. This time I went up to the Continental Divide area to see what I could find.

SOLUTION.

Driving around for awhile, produced nothing great. I couldn't find anything of interest until coming to the Frisco Adventure Park, where they were making snow. This stop made a good shoot and I finally had a candidate for the "X Shot". Heading back over Loveland Pass I noticed the snow guns of Keystone. The sun was low, just hitting the white blowing snow, making a striking image. The light reading had to be taking from the white snow to make this photo work. My last stop at Georgetown Lake produced another nice image for consideration but I ended up going with the snow guns at Keystone for the "X Shot"

OTHER IMAGES CONSIDERED.