Colorado Fall Colors - October 2023, part 2

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The first image is of Mount Sneffels in the San Juan Mountains. The remainder were taken in the Red Mountain Pass area, south of Ouray, CO.
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Mount Sneffels in the San Juan Mountains
Panorama formed by combining 3 files
Olympus OM-1 camera, Olympus 12-100mm f/4 lens at 18mm, 1/15 sec at f/14, ISO 250

Red Mountain Pass area, south of Ouray, CO
Olympus OM-1 camera, Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 lens at 82mm, 1/200 sec at f/4, ISO 400

Red Mountain Pass area, south of Ouray, CO
Olympus OM-1 camera, 40-150mm f/2.8 lens at 150mm, 1/320 sec at f/4, ISO 400

Red Mountain Pass area, south of Ouray, CO
Olympus OM-1 camera, 40-150mm f/2.8 lens at 150mm, 1/40 sec at f/3.5, ISO 200

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David Sparks

I retired in 2005 after 40 years of research and teaching at the University of Alabama in Birmingham (24 years), the University of Pennsylvania (8 years) and the Baylor College of Medicine (8 years). Photography is my retirement hobby.

Nature photography, especially bird photography, combines a number of things that I really enjoy: bird-watching, being outdoors, photography, travel, messing about with computers, and learning new skills and concepts.  I now spend much of my time engaged in these activities.

David Sibley in the preface to The Sibley Guide to Birds wrote "Birds are beautiful, in spectacular as well as subtle ways; their colors, shapes, actions, and sounds are among the most aesthetically pleasing in nature."  My goal is to acquire images that capture the beauty and uniqueness of selected species as well as images that highlight the engaging behaviors the birds exhibit.