I hope you enjoy today’s video of our historic Cripple Creek Donkey Derby Days Festival!
90th annual Donkey Derby Days in Cripple Creek Colorado
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Bird & Wildflower Alpine Hike
A local hike through the alpine woods of Grouse Mountain seemed like the right medicine for a beautiful Colorado Sunday morning so I loaded up my camera and headed for the hills. Much to my satisfaction, when I arrived there was no one at the trailhead. I would have the mountain to myself. Unfortunately as I hiked the steep access trail a carload of tourists roared up the hated road to the summit. When I arrived they were already out of their huge SUV tearing around with their loose dogs, scaring away any chance I might have had with the local wildlife 😦
No matter, a quick hike through the woods to the second summit, Big Grouse Mountain, would do the trick. No one ever makes that hike, and up there I would have the chance of spotting the elusive dusky grouse that I so enjoy photographing! Soon I popped through the forest into the solitude that often accompanies 11,000 feet of elevation 😉 There I stopped for rest and some nourishment before continuing on. I opened my energy bar and took a bite. Something didn’t taste right so I took a closer look and it appeared that perhaps some mold had formed on the surface… a closer look revealed what appeared to be a couple of worms 😦 They weren’t moving and could have possibly been some kind of grain or herb, but in my mind they were worms, so much for nourishment.
I decided at that point to shoot a video so I got my microphone out of my bag and explained my intentions for the day. The wildflowers are magnificent today so I shot a bit of footage of the color spreading out before me in the high clearing. Eventually I was back on my way along the faint trail at the top of the ridge. Soon I noticed that my new microphone was no longer in the hot shoe where it belonged so I was forced to retrace my steps in search of it 😦 Thankfully I was able to recover it near the location where I shot the video. This time I returned it safely to it’s home in my backpack.
I never did see the dusky grouse but I got some nice wildflower pictures, a couple with huge bumblebees and a few nice shots of an accommodating mountain bluebird 🙂 Anyway, I hope you enjoy the video and if you enjoy the content I hope you will subscribe to my channel!
Gifts for Patreon Subscribers
So I’m going about the process of setting up my Patreon channel and have gotten to the point where I get to create sign-up gifts for the different levels of membership. I have designed four levels each with an additional gift. Below are the four levels and their included benefits:
Explorer – Exclusive content not available on any other social media outlet and a beautiful printed sticker for signing up.
Adventurer – Includes Explorer benefits plus a banner image of the month and a beautiful mini print of an osprey in flight.
Mountaineer – Includes Adventurer benefits plus the background image of the month and a beautiful mini print of an osprey in flight.
Trekker – Includes Mountaineer benefits plus 8×10 print of the month and a beautiful bighorn sheep t-shirt for signing up.
I’m really excited about exploring the options this channel provides. All the other social media outlets in some way cripple hammer new and small providers, severely hampering my ability to reach my subscribers. Patreon leaves the door open for me to decide how I want to conduct my business and I really appreciate that! It is my sincere hope that you all will join me in my new endeavor and I plan to try my very best to provide content worthy of your interest! Thank you in advance friends!
Watch “S W Krull Imaging” on YouTube
https://youtube.com/c/SteveKrull Just a heads up… I changed the name of my YouTube channel to S W Krull Imaging to conform with the naming across all my social media platforms! Please subscribe if you haven’t already, it really helps me in the search rankings!
Cool Video Clip of an Osprey Dancing
We decided upon an unusual afternoon photoshoot in Eleven Mile Canyon hoping for some osprey pictures before
Kevin goes on vacation. We arrived at the canyon and decided to go directly to the osprey nest. As we arrived at our vantage point high on the opposite bank it became apparent that the mother osprey was indeed in the nest. Hopefully father osprey wouldn’t be far behind.
Luckily it wasn’t a long wait and we spotted him flying up the canyon. Soon he was soaring and swooping and finally landed on a log on the riverbank, something we’d never seen him do before. As I watched him he was bobbing and weaving like a prize fighter and I decided to catch his antics on video. Soon he dove off the branch and plucked a fish right out of the water. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to get a shot of the fish, but I hope you enjoy this image of him in full dive.
As always, the best of these images and hundreds more are available for purchase on my website as wall art on glossy metal or acrylic sheets, stretched canvas and traditional matting and framing. Tons of cool household and gift items are also available with any image you like including coffee mugs, t-shirts, blankets and pillows, battery chargers, phone cases, stationary and much much more! Just click on any image you like and all the choices, sizes and prices will appear! For my viewers interested in images for commercial use, please visit my image licensing portal! I should mention at this time that this blog post is not sponsored by Canon or any other firm. All equipment used in the making of the blog and video have been purchased by me on my own volition.
Major Milestone
The big day has finally come… I have enough fans on my YouTube Channel to qualify for a custom URL. My channel can now be linked to using the following easy to remember URL: www.youtube.com/c/SteveKrull . It was my hope that I could name it swkrullimaging, but YouTube assigned it with my user name which it also picked for me.
Man, this was a long time coming and I’m really pleased to make this announcement :)Anyway, if you enjoy my content and would like to support the channel, please click the subscribe, notify and thumbs up buttons on the videos!
Exciting Eagle News
It appears we’ve had an exciting development on the bald eagle watching front! Mama eagle is exhibiting signs of new motherhood! As of yesterday she has begun sitting on the nest indicating there are or soon will be eagle eggs! Watch my new video to witness the new bavior, plus more amazing imagery of the great birds hunting and fishing! Also don’t forget to smack the subscribe and share buttons!!!
Finding Eagles
https://youtu.be/53QIyQqqRuU – a day of eagle photography in Eleven Mile Canyon Colorado by #swkrullimaging
Epic Collision
Autumn Beauty in Eleven Mile Canyon Colorado
https://youtu.be/5Z-_2lA1KBo Sights and sounds of a beautiful autumn morning in magnificent Eleven Mile Canyon Colorado including amazing fall colors, bald eagles, and mule deer. Don’t forget to subscribe if you like and don’t want to miss the next episode!
