My alarm sounded long before sunrise and I struggled to open my eyes. A few seconds later, and I had vanquished the unwelcome noise and sat up in a daze. What was the reason for the rude awakening? I gathered my wits and remember that it was Friday, our day to get an early start for a photo adventure in the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge.
I’m always looking for the grand vista and the majestic beast to photograph, but sometimes that just doesn’t work out. When that happens though, one just needs to adjust the view a little bit to see all kinds of beauty to photograph. I was out hiking a couple days ago, early in the morning hoping for deer or elk in the meadow in the high meadow.
It's taken a while to shoot a roll of 36 in the Pentax IQ Zoom 105 WR. It required a trip to the Rocky Mountain Arsenal coupled with a hike in the Garden of the Gods to get the job done! For this test I used a roll of Fuji 200 speed film. The WR stands for Weather Resistant, which is the main reason I also bought this version in addition to the IQ Zoom 200. This version of the IQ Zoom has no mode wheel, and very few external controls, to avoid as many entry points for dust and moisture as possible!
Bonus Episode, due to the Superbowl next weekend. Since this is an off week, I have decided to publish Episode Thirteen - The Photoshoot, a week early!
As a fun exercise, I decided to ask Google AI a few questions about my business. I was surprised at the level of detail and the depth it went to as it "thought" about my accomplishments!
I was fortunate this weekend to get to take a photo adventure to Waterton Canyon to shoot the beginning of the Bighorn sheep rut, when the rams are down in the valley challenging each other for the right to breed with the herd of ewes.
I'm pleased to announce that Episode Five of The War On Wildlife is published on my Substack, and available to read for free!
Aspen leaves in many parts of the state of Colorado are reaching peak color this weekend. A brief excursion around the Cripple Creek and Victor area revealed a variety of gold and red colors adorning vast swaths of aspen stands in the 10,000 foot elevation range.
There is no greater evidence of God's work than the majestic osprey. Yesterday's visit to this year's new crop of osprey in the canyon only added to the anticipation of one His greatest mysteries.
On a rare occasion people do come to visit me, and often it's because they want to climb the Manitou Incline. There may come a day when my old legs will no longer carry me up the 2700 rugged steps over the old cog railway that takes one to 8500 feet in elevation in just one mile of near verticle climbing, but on this day I was willing to give it one more try. Even though the previous sentence may have set a record for word count, last weekend's climb to the summit did not 😦
Colorado Photographer / Author | Steven W. Krull 