I won't lie, its been a tough summer for photography. I was called off the bench to work a few weeks at my old job, following sad news of the passing of one of my coworkers, and my Jeep developed a serious oil leak, which prevented me from going on a number of planned outings. Fortunately those issues have been resolved, and I'm back at the grindstone, churning out pictures and words.
If you care about wildlife, vote no on Colorado’s Initiative 302. The hunting and trapping communities would have you believe that this initiative is simply going to codify the "right to hunt and fish" into the Colorado constitution. However, it is much more. It seeks to establish hunting and trapping as the preferred method of wildlife management, while eliminating more holistic methods that might be possible, and the ultimate will of the people of Colorado.
Well, not quite the back yard, but Manitou Lake is our close photo destination when all else goes wrong. But don't let it's closeness fool, you... the lake is a bird photographers paradise!
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.
We had a twofold reason for choosing the canyon as our weekly photo adventure. The first being that it is a great place to get close to some of the more majestic birds of Colorado, and second, we could check on the eaglets.
It was an exciting day at the eagles nest! Both adults were on the nest when I arrived at the canyon, so I stopped to snap as many pictures as I could before one of them flew off for their next meal.
The purpose of this article is to clear up myths and misinformation about image exposure ISO, and noise. So, what is exposure exactly? Exposure is simply the amount of light reaching your sensor or film in a given amount of time. The amount of light reaching your sensor is determined by the length of time the camera’s shutter is open, and the size of the opening in your selected lens model.
It was actually foggy and spitting a bit of snow in Eleven Mile Canyon, but the wildlife were showing clear signs of the changing seasons.
It's difficult to keep up with all the new developments in my world in 2026! In addition to all the excitement in the mountains from returning bird species and new four legged babies being born in the wild, I have managed to complete my historical fiction and romantic adventure trilogy with the publishing of my latest, The War On Wildlife. I have also recently launched a new online sports and leisure magazine, which I will be talking about in this post!
Colorado Nature Photographer / Author | Steven W. Krull 