The Earth Story

 "Before my wife went to medical school, we wanted to have one last spontaneous trip. It was my first time going to Colorado, and we only had about four days to see all that we possibly could. We didn't plan on filming any video, let alone make a traveling video like this. In fact, we didn't even film for most of our hikes out. On the last day, we decided to film a bit more. While 90% of this is from our last day of hiking for 14 miles through Rocky Mountain National Park, there are a few other shots snuck in from camping in the Blue Lakes in Telluride. The film is simply meant to document our trip, and share some of the beauty we had the privilege of witnessing."

I believe we saved the best for last here our third and last part of our three videos we made during our 25th anniversary trip in the west.Part three is filmed in the Rocky Mountain National Park this was our favorite park from the trip the mountains forest and wildlife was amazing truly a magical place.

lukewagnerphoto  This one has sound, so turn up the volume. My intention was to shoot the full moon setting behind Long's Peak, then catch the sunrise light hitting the peak that would occur minutes later. Shooting the moon straight on is tough though. You either blow out the moon or let the foreground go into complete darkness. I was hoping for some wispy clouds or even a little haze to cut the brightness of the moon, but it was crystal clear. I tried everything I could to keep details in both the moon and in the rest of the scene. I also needed those clouds to add a little drama when the sun rose, but I got none of that, which meant the timelapse was less interesting than I envisioned. The timelapse still came out ok, but it wasn't what I hoped for. It was still fun though. I hiked to the top of twin sisters peak, which is 11,400 feet, watched the moon set and the sun rise, and I made coffee while watching the world come alive. And those little lights you see on long's peak moving around? Yeah, those are fellow crazy people hiking in the dark. Check out my story for some behind the scenes pictures. Shot with @sonyalpha a6300

stanpaxton Panorama of early morning sun on Bear Lake (Rocky Mountain National Park). The lake fills a depression carved into granite, gneiss, and schist by alpine glaciation (a cirque). Clarity of the water is evident in the lower left quadrant of the image (September, 2017).