One morning along the road into Upper Beaver Meadow (Rocky Mountain NP, Colorado), a nice bull elk exited the woods and meandered towards the road. Along the way, I captured these images as he rambled past, looking for some cows to start his harem:
And earlier in the morning, another rainbow appeared overhead, this time over the Upper Beaver Meadow:
Photographic Equipment Used (Elk):
- Canon 5D Mark 3 body
- Canon EF500mm, f/4 IS lens + Canon 1.4x TC, resulting in 700mm
- Bogen 3221 tripod with Wemberly (Version 1) gimbal head
- ISO 800
- Aperture f/6.3
- Shutter 1/80 sec. to 1/320 sec.
Photographic Equipment Used (Rainbow):
- Canon 7D body
- Canon EF100mm-400mm, f/4.5-f/5.6 IS lens, shot at 100mm
- Handheld with IS “On”
- ISO 800
- Aperture f/16
- Shutter 1/50 sec.