2023 Colorado Fall Colors - Part 5

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Assorted

Olympus OM-1 camera with 12-100 f/4 lens at 100mm
1/15 sec at f/14, ISO 400

Aspens, a bit of snow, and a touch of yellow

Olympus OM-1 camera with 12-100 f/4 lens at 12 mm
1/500 sec at f/16, ISO 640

The moon, a rainbow, and clouds viewed on a winding mountain road

Olympus OM-1 camera with 12-100 f/4 lens at 21 mm
1/10 sec at f/4.5, ISO 400

Molas Pass area in early morning light

Olympus OM-1 camera with 12-100 f/4 lens at 20mm
1/160 sec at f/8, ISO 400

A wider view of the Molas Pass area an hour later

Olympus OM-1 camera with 12-100 f/4 lens at 24 mm
1/1600 sec at f/14, ISO 1250

Panoramic view of Mount Wilson, the highest summit (14,252-ft) of the San Miguel Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains.

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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.