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I was lucky enough to encounter a herd of Elks this morning at Sprague Lake in the Rocky Mountain National Park. Here's a few:
You Scratch my Back by Paul Kaye, on Flickr
Bull Elk by Paul Kaye, on Flickr
Rutting Elks by Paul Kaye, on Flickr
Elk in Lake Sprague by Paul Kaye, on Flickr
Spraque Lake is a beautiful place. It's not a natural lake, having been created by a certain Abner Sprague who setup a resort in the early 19th century. A man ahead of his time. Here's a general shot of the lake:
Sprague Lake by Paul Kaye, on Flickr
Incidentally, this last shot was taken using the LiveTime function on the E-M1 with a 10-stop ND filter on the lens. It's quite a superb feature since it lets you view the image as the exposure proceeds. In this shot, the sky was much brighter than the foreground, so I held a black bag in front of the lens to dodge out the top of the image for about 80% of the exposure time. I just waited until the bottom was well exposed then I removed the bag and let the sky come into play. A really nice feature and one of the reasons I love Olympus cameras.
You Scratch my Back by Paul Kaye, on Flickr
Bull Elk by Paul Kaye, on Flickr
Rutting Elks by Paul Kaye, on Flickr
Elk in Lake Sprague by Paul Kaye, on Flickr
Spraque Lake is a beautiful place. It's not a natural lake, having been created by a certain Abner Sprague who setup a resort in the early 19th century. A man ahead of his time. Here's a general shot of the lake:
Sprague Lake by Paul Kaye, on Flickr
Incidentally, this last shot was taken using the LiveTime function on the E-M1 with a 10-stop ND filter on the lens. It's quite a superb feature since it lets you view the image as the exposure proceeds. In this shot, the sky was much brighter than the foreground, so I held a black bag in front of the lens to dodge out the top of the image for about 80% of the exposure time. I just waited until the bottom was well exposed then I removed the bag and let the sky come into play. A really nice feature and one of the reasons I love Olympus cameras.
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