Landscapes Sightings
December 07, 2020

December 07, 2020

Environment:Start Time: 10:45 AM Temperature: 46 degrees Sky: Sunny, no clouds, no breeze This morning I decided to forgo my normal hike in the Rock Canyon area at Lake Pueblo State Park and go, instead, a little further out to the Wildlife Area that is just West of Lake Pueblo. My thinking was that there might be a different variety of birds out in this less peopled landscape. Because I was going to this alternate area I decided to try using a vintage Minolta 200 mm MC Tele Rokkor lens. I figured that any birds I found (really hoping for…

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Landscapes Sightings
December 06, 2020

December 06, 2020

Environment:Start Time:10:40 AM Temperature: 53 degrees Sky: Sunny, no clouds, no breeze I tried changing things up this morning – heading out the door with my vintage Olympus Zuiko 14-54 mm lens attached to my new Lumix GH4 camera. The light over the last couple of days has been amazing so I decided to try some late Autumn “scenic” photography. Even though the major color has faded to a memory, the now mostly bare trees have a certain majesty as they prepare to stand against the fast approaching Winter. Today’s featured image and the one posted below are examples of…

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Birds Critters Sightings Wildlife
October 09, 2020

October 09, 2020

Environment:Start Time: 7:45 AM Temperature: 60 degrees Sky: Sunshine, high clouds, light breeze Today I was back on the prowl for birds and wildlife. I really am hoping to run across a Tarantula somewhere on or near the trail but so far nothing. Kind of hard to see them when you are constantly looking into the trees I have to admit. As far as other critters go I got a nice postcard style shot of a group of Mule Deer grazing in the morning sun (today’s featured image.) On the birding front I struck gold when I saw an Osprey…

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Landscapes Sightings
October 08, 2020

October 08, 2020

Environment:Start Time: 7:45 AM Temperature: 52 degrees Sky: Hazy sunshine, light breeze With Autumn showing it’s colors more and more at Lake Pueblo State Park I decided to put my vintage Olympus Zuiko 14-54mm zoom (a lens I have still not written up in this blog) on the Panasonic GX-85 and went looking for scenery. Once I got looking around I decided that maybe I was jumping the gun a little since there is still much that is green on my normal route. But I did manage some color – mostly thanks to the early morning low angled light cutting…

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Infrared Photography Landscapes Process Software
The Hidden Beauty of

The Hidden Beauty of

Infrared Photography For reasons truly unknown to me, I recently decided to begin exploring the mysteries of infrared photography. I think I bumbled onto the topic while searching on YouTube for something else entirely. Fifty plus years ago, when I first got started taking pictures, infrared photography was a very exotic medium requiring special (expensive) film and extra fussing to achieve proper focus. Now in the digital age of photography…… it’s still expensive but in a different way. Now you need to acquire a modified digital camera that can “see” the infrared spectrum. The images you capture need to be…

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Landmarks Landscapes Sightings
September 11, 2020

September 11, 2020

Environment:Start Time: 8:35 AM Temperature: 43 degrees Sky: Heavy Fog, no breeze Foggy “Summer” Morning The weather seemed promising this morning when I set out but as soon as I got out of my neighborhood I realized that there was a good bit of fog lurking about. Even so I decided to throw caution to the wind and head for Lake Pueblo State Park anyway. When Whisper and I arrived we discovered a gloomy scene and it was a bit chillier than we have become accustomed to over the Summer. I took one picture of the fog rising off of…

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Landscapes Sightings
September 07, 2020

September 07, 2020

Environment:Start Time: 7:55 AM Temperature: 60 degrees Sky: Sunny and with noticeable haze, no breeze Lazy Hazy Days of Summer Once again, what could have been a brilliant day for a walk in the woods was spoiled by very noticeable wildfire haze drifting in from the North. Pikes Peak, which I can normally see from Reservoir Road as I drive into the park, was not visible in a cloudless sky. I don’t know if I can legitimately blame the lack of animal activity on the haze but I’m going to anyway. My only real opportunities for bird photos came with…

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Landmarks Landscapes Sightings
September 01, 2020

September 01, 2020

Environment:Start Time: 8:17 AM Temperature: 56 degrees Sky: Sunny and blue, light breeze Liberty Point Takes the Stage Late start this morning paid off when some terrific sunshine finally rose above the low morning clouds. Today’s bird stars were Flickers and Osprey. Both brands were very busy and very shy. I got one shot of an Osprey perched over the Arkansas River with Liberty Point standing proudly in the background – today’s featured image. I had another chance to get an Osprey perching over the river and I hoped to be able to get some shots of him taking flight….

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Birds Landscapes Sightings Wildlife
August 20, 2020

August 20, 2020

Environment:Start Time: 7:10 AM Temperature: 62 degrees Sky: Sunshine; Light Wildfire Haze; no breeze Another great morning for a walk. There was a lot of bird activity though generally at great distance. The Ospreys were busy gliding through the sky and the Starlings were all grouped up together in the tree tops. My only good photo opportunity came when I checked the Barn Swallow nest under the eves of the informational kiosk at the Anticline Fishing Pond and found three pretty large nestlings keeping an eye out for incoming grub. I tried to get a shot right then but somehow…

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Birds Sightings Wildlife
August 13, 2020

August 13, 2020

Environment:Start Time: 6:55 AM Temperature: 58 degrees Sky: Scattered Sunshine, light breeze After skipping yesterday’s outing due to heavy cloud cover I had high hopes for this morning. There were some clouds in the East interfering with the Sun but I thought the old guy would rise above the problem. Well, he made a good effort but in the end the clouds won. It was no big loss since the wildlife activity both on the ground and in the air was pretty sparse. I spotted an Owl early on but he vanished into the trees. Just like my last outing,…

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