Colorado Fall Colors - October 2023, part 3

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Images from the back roads near Ouray and Telluride.

Olympus OM-1 camera with the 12-100mm f/4 lens at 23mm
1/8 sec at f/16, ISO 200

Homestead cabins near Telluride. Dallas Divide and Mount Wilson are hidden behind the dense clouds.

Olympus OM-1 camera with the 150-400mm f/4.5 lens at 256mm
1/1000 sec at f/5.6, ISO 400

My finger activated the mirrorless when I saw this scene in the viewfinder.

Olympus OM-1 camera with the 150-400mm f/4.5 lens at 150 mm
1/1600 sec at f/5.6, ISO 400

Another telephoto capture.

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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.