In a lifetime of visiting Rocky Mountain National Park I’d never walked the short Sprague Lake Trail until today. It’s a beautiful spot and we saw turkeys, bucks, and elk.
RMNP is always beautiful. A bit overcast today, but quite a few different types of animals about
These shots are from two separate trips to Rocky Mountain National Park. One trip was up and over Trail Ridge Road by car, and the other was a walk to Cub Lake.
The first poor quality picture of a bald eagle catching a good-sized fish from the lake starts the action. Then I watched that adult and three juveniles compete with each other for bits of the prize for about 20 minutes.
I had never really considered macro photography very seriously, but I recently bought a camera kit that included some macro tubes. Here are a few of my first efforts. I was surprised how rewarding it was; a whole new world emerges in the details.
On a drive behind Lory State Park, west of Fort Collins, I came first across these wild turkeys and deer. They posed briefly but mostly glared at us over their shoulders as they walked away. Later the same day along the Poudre River, I watched this American Dipper dive again and again into the icy waters.
I found this beautiful red-tailed hawk near the Cathy Fromme Prairie in Colorado. She was diving into the snow for prey from the branches of a tree.
