Last week I was in Denver to attend the ASMS conference, the most important mass spectrometry event of the year. Each year the conference is held at a different location, therefore it's a great opportunity to see new places and National Parks :)
As I have never visited Colorado before, I made sure to bring some photography gear in order to immortalize some of the great Rocky mountains' sceneries!
Unfortunately, I didn't have very much time to wander around, I had only a single day for my hiking trip, thus I decided to go to Rocky Mountains National Park as it was not too far from Denver and it seemed quite nice.
I had brought my K5 with a DA 12-24, Sigma 17-70, and DA 55-300. I find these 3 lenses to be the perfect travel combo as I am covered from 12 to 300mm with descent quality while still being somewhat light, plus I get a pseudo macro in as a bonus 
I ended up driving to Estes Park and hiked from Sprague lake to Bear lake. I was suprised to see there was still quite a bit of snow along the way!
I ended up driving to Estes Park and hiked from Sprague lake to Bear lake. I was suprised to see there was still quite a bit of snow along the way!
Small lake on the way to Bear Lake. |
Somewhere north-east of Bear lake. These sun beams were amazing! |
I liked the look of these pine trees contrasting with the white peaks in the background. |
One of the first elk I encountered. It looked like its winter fur was being replaced by the summer one. |
Another view of the same spot as before, using a wide-angle this time (12mm). |
I love the color of these green trees and how they stand among the pine trees! |
This herd of elks was only about 10m from the road! I love how animals are not scared of humans in the US :) |
These 2 young elks were fighting. |
A waterfall I encountered at the end of my journey (too much sun though a polarizer + ND grad weren't sufficient!) |
A closer look at the elks on a green tree background. |
Somehow I liked the mood of this one in black and white. |
I happened to stop at a restaurant that had installed small houses to feed colibris. Luckily I managed to shot this guy in flight! |
Pretty flowers -Pulsatilla vulgaris- |
No wonder there were quite a few fishermen along this lake as I saw several trouts swimming near the shore! |