“Sometimes I do get to places just when God’s ready to have somebody click the shutter.”
~ Ansel Adams
Umm. Yeah. Wow! This happened on Sunday. A friend and I were checking out a local open space known for a few different critters, including owls. Initially we walked right under the tree this owl was in, not realizing we were being watched but then my friend looked back and spotted it. The owl was […]
Well, this was a fantastic, unexpected encounter. I arrived at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge to find that the wildlife drive was closed. There was no prior announcement, so I was kind of annoyed. As I sat trying to decide where I would go next, I see a monstrous bird flying right toward […]
Duo of mule deer bucks look behind. Kind of a fun shot with these two handsome fellows mirroring each other as they look at a third buck that was trailing them. A pleasant morning when this was taken with some soft, filtered sunlight that really made for a pleasing scene. Image available for purchase here.
Signs of bald eagle season starting this past weekend as I was fortunate enough to have a couple encounters. This was the most notable one. This three year old eagle had caught itself a nice prairie dog meal. It gave a ton of cool poses as it ate and kept watch. When it decided it […]
A batch of captures of Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 as it headed toward Denver on Monday. Certainly, locomotives aren’t something I normally photograph but these trains are mechanical marvels of a bygone era and seeing it is a treat and an opportunity I can’t pass up.
Taken a month ago in Rocky Mountain National Park and a good one for #WapitiWednesday. It was a chilly, rainy morning at lower elevations of the valley while up higher, as you can see, snow had fallen and coated the trees. The elk relish these conditions, even if I was not a fan at the […]
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